Orality in the academic space

The present article is a sequence of the study entitled: The Look of the Researcher on her Intellectual Trajectory, in which the first considerations about the process of linguistic identity formation of the researcher are presented and which unfold in the analysis of the oral manifestations of both the teacher and the students of a master's degree class in the city of Lages, in the state of Santa Catarina. The goal is to better understand the various aspects that make up oral communication, especially in the academic space. To answer these questions, an analysis of recording material from synchronous classes offered during the pandemic period in 2020 was carried out. A survey was also conducted using a Google form to find out the students' perception of oral communication in different environments, especially the academic environment. The participants were 22 students with different professional profiles and age range of majority between 25 and 50 years old (only 01 respondent claims to be over 50 years old). The results reveal that the teacher kept linguistic marks from her childhood and adolescence, and also that the students, although they admit the cultural richness of the linguistic variations and the use of colloquial expressions during the classes, consider the official language rule as the most appropriate linguistic standard to be used in the academic space. It is hoped that these results and reflections will contribute to further research on the place of speech and spontaneity in the academic space, as well as reflections on the centrality of the teacher in the classroom.