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Physical Education; Language; Textbooks; Multiliteracies.
This study addresses the integration of Physical Education and different notions of language in the educational materials published by Moderna, from the perspective of multiliteracies. The general objective was to analyze the understanding of School Physical Education as a language in the middle school textbooks approved by the PNLD for the 2024-2027 quadrennium and to examine how these works relate to different types of modes from the perspective of multiliteracies. To achieve this objective, several specific objectives were defined, such as: identifying the different types of language in the textbooks, such as verbal, visual, gestural, auditory, and other forms of representation; understanding to what extent these textbooks bring Physical Education closer to or further from the field of language; and verifying how the proposed activities explore different forms of language and their intersections with other areas of knowledge. The methodology used was descriptive-exploratory, with a qualitative approach. The data were obtained through a survey of the textbooks and analyzed according to Bardin's (1977) Content Analysis method. The results indicated a greater predominance of traditional languages in the educational materials, and although there were representations of other languages, it was not possible to identify a multimodal perspective among them. A reinforcement of productive pedagogies based on technicism and the curricular incorporation of the BNCC in these materials were also identified. It is concluded that, from the perspective of multiliteracies, Moderna's textbooks distance Physical Education from the field of languages more than they bring it closer.