Letramentos em língua estrangeira no ensino superior: práticas sociais e uso de narrativas para ressignificação da leitura em LE e formação do leitor crítico

Abstract

The literacy practices in a Foreign Language (FL) in higher education in a graduating class of Arts course in a public university in Maranhão are the central focus of this study. Our goal is to reframe the reading practice in this context, in order to enable literacies in English and to favor the promotion of citizenship, through the discursive interactions narratives. The epistemological base that anchors this study is the language conception - dialogism - (BAKHTIN / VOLOSHINOV, 1981), the speech genres in a historical and situated perspective (BAKHTIN, 2011 BAZERMAN, 2007) and literacy studies according to the approach ideological approach, which emphasizes the socio-cultural aspect of literacy practices and the pluralization of literacy. (STREET, 1984, 2012, 2014; BARTON, HAMILTON, 2000; KLEIMAN, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010).The research is configured as collaborative and ethnographic interpretative, contemplating aspects of action research. For this, it was used the following instruments: semi-structured interview and the focal type, journal notes, descriptive memorial and recording audio and video. The data generated revealed that situated literacy events provided the students with experiences in oral and written discourse situations that were beyond the act of teaching and learning the target language. They encouraged the exercise of citizenship, allowed the practice of critical reading, caused academic reflections and left them familiar with different genres and teaching approaches. Data analysis also enabled the realization that working with narratives has contribute to the development of language and communication skills in the mother tongue and in English, It has provided students with the knowledge and appreciation of local culture. Thus, it can be said that the practices literate in an ideological approach, from literacy projects proved to be a good strategy for the redefinition of reading practice in higher education and should be part of the practice of foreign language teachers.