%0 Journal Article %T Reconhecer-se como brasileiro ao conhecer a heterogeneidade lingu¨ªstico-cultural hispano-americana %A Lima %A Lucielena Mendon£¿a de %J Trabalhos em Lingu¨ªstica Aplicada %D 2011 %I UNICAMP %R 10.1590/S0103-18132011000100003 %X this article aims at discussing the conceptions related to intercultural education which are applied to the learning-teaching process of spanish as a foreign language (s/fl) in the brazilian secondary school. the theoretical and methodological bases of the document orienta£¿£¿es curriculares para o ensino m¨¦dio- espanhol (mec, 2006) are also considered. some suggestions concerning themes that can be studied in the classroom of s/fl are presented too, and this sort of work intends to foster knowledge about the hispanic-american linguistic and cultural heterogeneity with the aim of leading the learners to recognize themselves as brazilian citizens. %K the teaching of spanish %K heterogeneity %K interculturality. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-18132011000100003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en