JOSHA’s Critical Review of "Exploring Letters in The Kid: Stimulating the Formation of Reading and Writing Skills” by Ana Clara Solon Rufino, Rosângela Araújo Darwich
Cinthya Souza Simas
Affiliation: University of Amazonia, Belém, Brazil & Journal of Science, Humanities and Arts (JOSHA), Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Keywords: Illiteracy, Literacy, Reading, Writing
Categories: News and Views, Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
DOI: 10.17160/josha.10.6.950
Languages: English
This field study aims to promote the formation of readers and writers through the epistolary textual genre, even in times of predominant technology. The guidelines are based on the theories of Soares (2009) and Bakhtin (2003), the writing hypotheses of Ferreiro and Teberosky (1999), and the importance of writing and reading in life, according to Morais (2003). Adopting the methodology of field study and qualitative approach, we examined how students of the 6th grade of a public school in Pará and in the age group of 11 to 13 years approached these areas of learning, using episodes of Turma do Chaves (The Kid) related to letters. We highlighted the need for an interdisciplinary approach, with trained teachers, to promote reading and writing in all subjects.