Práticas de letramentos no 5º ano: Conhecendo e promovendo a valorização do Parque Nacional das Emas por meio de um projeto de ensino

Abstract

This master's research aims to develop literacy practices connected to the theme of the Emas National Park, promoting the expansion of knowledge and the social uses of the mother tongue among a 5th-grade class. Framed within the field of Applied Linguistics (Moita Lopes, 2006), which understands language as situated in historical, social, and cultural contexts, the study is theoretically grounded in the concept of literacy as social practice (Kleiman, 1995, 2005, 2008; Street, 2003, 2013, 2014) and in discourse genres as concrete utterances through which individuals interact (Bakhtin, 2003, 2011). In this sense, the study addresses the importance of teaching discourse genres through concrete social actions and interactions (Bazerman, 2021), while also emphasizing the multimodality of texts (Ribeiro, 2021). Thus, language is understood as a means through which we represent, experience, and (re)create culture (Hall, 1997, 2016). The methodological approach is qualitative, following the principles of action research (Thiollent, 1992), and involves participant observation by the researcher throughout the development of a teaching project with the research participants, who are her students. The results indicate that a teaching project grounded in situated literacy practices contributes to the expansion of knowledge and social uses of the mother tongue among a 5th-grade class. Data analysis led to the identification of four main categories: (i) students’ perceptions of how discourse genres function in social practices, showing understanding of their purposes and contexts of use; (ii) perceptions of linguistic aspects in the use of genres, with advances in reflection on appropriateness and linguistic analysis during text production; (iii) perceptions of multimodality in genres, enhancing knowledge construction through the articulation of different semiotic resources and (iv) perceptions related to the construction of knowledge and appreciation of the Emas National Park, fostering greater engagement and a sense of belonging toward the local heritage.