A Pedagogical Route for the Reading of the Press Opinion Article

Authors

  • Niura Maria Fontana Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, Brasil
  • Isabel Maria Paese Pressanto Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, Brasil
  • Neires Maria Soldatelli Paviani Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, Brasil

Keywords:

reading, discourse genre, press opinion article, teaching sequence

Abstract

A teaching sequence for the university level, focusing on the press opinion article as a genre, based on genre assumptions (Bakhtin, 1992, Bronckart, 2003) and on teaching sequences (Dolz, Noverraz e Schneuwly, 2004), comprehends the following activities: pre-reading (previous knowledge activation; hypotheses raising); reading (production conditions; constitution of text meaning; reading strategies); post-reading (relationships between text and reality; critical awareness). These were followed by chain genres production (press opinion article and related genres), promoting interaction among text, reader and writer, complemented by metacognitive reflection. Applied to two groups of freshmen, the sequence showed statistically significant results in the development of reading competence.

Author Biographies

Niura Maria Fontana, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, Brasil

Niura Maria Fontana is a professor in the Department of Letters at Universidade de Caxias do Sul, RS. She works as teacher educator and develops research on reading and reading materials for the tertiary level. Her interests include teacher education, reading as a social practice, reading materials and discourse genre.

Isabel Maria Paese Pressanto, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, Brasil

Isabel Maria Paese Pressanto has an MA in Applied Linguistics from PUCRS. She is a professor in the Letters Department of Universidade de Caxias do Sul, where she teaches Portuguese for Academic Purposes and Morphosyntax, which are her main interest areas.

Neires Maria Soldatelli Paviani, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, Brasil

Neires Maria Soldatelli Paviani holds a PhD in Education from UFSCar. She is a professor in the Letters Department and in the MA Program Letters and Regional Culture at Universidade de Caxias do Sul. She has published books and articles in journals. Her interest areas are: sociolinguistics, language and culture, languages and education, reading and text production, discourse genres.

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Vol. 29 (2008): Especial

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Papers

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