This article aims at analyzing the two English textbooks approved by the National Textbook Program (PNLD/LE/2011) in Brazil. They have been compared to two other textbooks, published in the period prior to the implementation of the Program, and very widely used in Brazilian schools. The present analysis focuses on the spoken and written text genres of the textbooks in focus, since this pedagogical approach lies at the heart of the proposal to incorporate language in use as social practice in the teaching of English. The results showed a trend of positive change, after foreign languages textbooks were incorporated in the National Textbook Program. This trend can help reshape the discourse domain of English textbooks in Brazil, which includes the concepts of text genre and text type, in spoken and written language, which had been neglected for some time.
text genre; language in use; orality and writing
