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Universidade De Brasília Faculdade De Educação Programa De Pós-Graduação Doutorado Em Educação Universidade de Brasília Faculdade de Educação Programa de Pós-Graduação Doutorado em Educação A CONTRIBUIÇÃO DO PROCESSO DE ENSINO- APRENDIZAGEM DE PRODUÇÃO TEXTUAL EM LÍNGUA INGLESA PARA O LETRAMENTO DO ALUNO Isabela de Freitas Villas Boas Brasília Novembro/2008 ii Universidade de Brasília Faculdade de Educação Programa de Pós-Graduação Doutorado em Educação A CONTRIBUIÇÃO DO PROCESSO DE ENSINO- APRENDIZAGEM DE PRODUÇÃO TEXTUAL EM LÍNGUA INGLESA PARA O LETRAMENTO DO ALUNO Isabela de Freitas Villas Boas Tese apresentada ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade de Brasília como parte dos requisitos para a obtenção do título de Doutor em Educação. Brasília Novembro/2008 iii Universidade de Brasília Faculdade de Educação Programa de Pós-Graduação Doutorado em Educação TESE DE DOUTORADO A contribuição do processo de ensino-aprendizagem de produção textual em língua inglesa para o letramento do aluno Isabela de Freitas Villas Boas Orientadora: Professora Doutora Stella Maris Bortoni Ricardo Banca : Professora Doutora Ana Antônia de Assis-Peterson (UFMT) Professora Doutora Lúcília Helena do Carmo Garcez (UnB) Professor Doutor José Carlos Paes de Almeida Filho (UnB) Professora Doutora Vera Aparecida de Lucas Freitas (UnB) Professora Doutora Albertina Mitjáns Martinez (UnB- suplente) iv DEDICATÓRIA Dedico este trabalho ao meu pai, minha mãe, meu marido, minhas duas filhas e meu falecido amigo e interlocutor de primeira hora sobre o ensino de produção textual em língua inglesa: Luis Humberto Beze. Meu pai, Márcio Villas Boas, de família humilde do interior de Minas Gerais, conseguiu atingir um lugar de destaque em sua carreira profissional e acadêmica devido à sua capacidade intelectual, dedicação, ética e perseverança, mas nem por isso deixou de se dedicar à sua família mais do que à sua profissão, dando-lhe todo o apoio intelectual, financeiro e afetivo de que necessitava. Minha mãe, Benigna Maria de Freitas Villas Boas, tem dedicado sua vida à Educação, a quem eu admiro especialmente pela sua disciplina e determinação. Como uma lingüista, professora e pesquisadora da língua inglesa, não posso deixar de admirar a rapidez e eficácia com que aprendeu inglês para fazer seu mestrado nos EUA e francês para ingressar no programa de doutorado da Unicamp. Meu marido, Rubens José Dias Jr., tem apoiado todas as minhas aventuras pelo mundo acadêmico. Foi ele quem me incentivou e arcou com o custo financeiro de meu mestrado nos Estados Unidos. Também foi ele que passou os últimos quatro anos fazendo compras no supermercado, levando e buscando as meninas na escola e em suas outras atividades ou indo passear com elas para que eu pudesse utilizar meu pouco tempo livre para trabalhar. Ao mesmo tempo, ele me deu o amor e o equilíbrio que me possibilitaram conciliar o trabalho e os estudos. Sem ele, esta tese não existiria! Espero que o tempo que eu deixei de passar com minhas filhas Marina e Renata para me dedicar ao doutorado seja pelo menos em parte compensado pela lição sobre o valor do estudo, da dedicação e da perseverança que esse meu empreendimento certamente lhes deu. Ao meu amigo e colega Luis, que adorava ensinar produção textual tanto quanto eu, que construiu junto comigo os primeiros conhecimentos sobre esse assunto tão fascinante e que infelizmente se foi antes que eu começasse essa jornada. v AGRADECIMENTOS Agradeço aos meus pais, minha irmã, meu marido e minhas filhas por todo o apoio que me deram para que eu pudesse me dedicar aos meus estudos e à minha pesquisa; à minha querida orientadora Stella Maris Bortoni-Ricardo, pelo apoio, inspiração e, acima de tudo, carinho e gentileza; à minha escola pelo apoio que me foi dado para que eu pudesse cursar as disciplinas do programa de doutorado e desenvolver este projeto. Agradeço também pelo apoio e a paciência de meus colegas e interlocutores; aos dois professores que colaboraram comigo nesta pesquisa e aos alunos que dela participaram; aos diretores das escolas regulares em que fiz minha pesquisa pelo acolhimento e cooperação. Agradeço também aos professores entrevistados e observados, bem como aos coordenadores das escolas; a todos os professores e colegas da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade de Brasília com quem tive a oportunidade e o prazer de interagir durante essa jornada; aos funcionários da Secretaria de Pós-Graduação da Faculdade de Educação pela disposição e presteza em me ajudar sempre que precisei; aos meus nove colegas da primeira turma de Doutorado da Faculdade de Educação pelo acolhimento e inspiração, especialmente naquele ano de 2005. vi RESUMO Este estudo de caso em formato de etnografia educacional objetivou analisar a contribuição do processo de ensino-aprendizagem de produção textual em língua inglesa para o letramento geral do aluno. O estudo de caso dedicou-se a descrever e analisar o processo de ensino-aprendizagem de produção textual em língua inglesa ao longo de um ano (dois semestres do Curso Intermediário) em uma escola de inglês. Selecionou-se uma turma composta de 16 alunos entre 13 e 18 anos de idade e acompanhou-se uma proposta pedagógica que permitisse ao aluno percorrer todas as etapas do processo de produção textual, dentre elas a revisão por pares e a reescrita. Informações foram obtidas por meio de: observação participante, quando foram feitas gravações e anotações; entrevistas e questionários aplicados aos alunos; textos produzidos; formulários de revisão; e gravações de interações dos alunos em eventos de revisão por pares. Com isso, pôde-se investigar o progresso e a reação dos alunos ao longo do ano e identificar as estratégias mais eficazes para fornecer-lhes os andaimes para o aprimoramento da sua produção textual. Objetivou- se também investigar como o ensino de produção textual na escola de inglês relaciona-se com o ensino de produção textual em língua materna, nas escolas regulares de uma parte dos alunos da turma pesquisada. Para tal, foi observada uma seqüência pedagógica a partir do texto argumentativo no nono ano do Ensino Fundamental em cada uma das três escolas selecionadas para a pesquisa. Essas foram selecionadas por serem as mais freqüentadas pelos alunos do Curso Intermediário da escola de inglês. Os professores e coordenadores de Língua Portuguesa das escolas também foram entrevistados. Triangularam-se os dados obtidos por meio das observações de aula e entrevistas com aqueles obtidos por meio de entrevistas com os alunos e análise de suas produções textuais. Concluiu-se que, nas escolas regulares participantes da pesquisa, o ensino de produção textual parece estar, em geral, mais voltado para o produto do que para o processo, embora cada escola apresente uma ou outra característica de um ensino mais focado no processo. Com isso, as escolas às vezes deixam de fornecer aos alunos andaimes para o planejamento de idéias e estruturação do texto, bem como oportunidades de revisão e refacção dos mesmos. Como na escola de inglês o professor lida com um número menor de alunos em sala de aula, não sofre as pressões internas e externas que os professores das escolas regulares sofrem e já trabalha com uma proposta de ensino de produção textual voltada para o processo há vários anos, seu ensino de produção textual, mesmo que em língua inglesa, pode contribuir para preencher algumas lacunas deixadas pela escola regular, em seu ensino de produção textual em língua materna. Portanto, o processo de ensino-aprendizagem de produção textual em língua inglesa, planejado para enfocar as etapas essenciais do processo de produção textual, pode contribuir para o letramento do aluno ao fornecer-lhe os andaimes que a escola regular ainda não está incluindo em seu processo de ensino- aprendizagem de produção textual. PALAVRAS-CHAVES: produção textual; língua inglesa; revisão por pares; escrita como um processo; gêneros textuais vii ABSTRACT This case study based on principles of educational ethnography purports to analyze how the writing pedagogy in English as a foreign language (EFL) can contribute to students’ literacy development. The purpose of the case study was to describe and analyze the teaching-learning process of writing in EFL throughout a year (two semesters of the Intermediate Course) in an English Language Teaching Institute. A group comprised of 16 students aged 13-18 was selected, and a carefully planned writing pedagogy was followed, allowing students to practice the process of writing in all its necessary stages, including peer revision and rewriting. Data was obtained by way of participant observation, which included note-taking and recordings; interviews with and questionnaires administered to students; texts produced; peer review forms; and recordings of student interactions during peer review activities. This process allowed us to investigate student progress and reactions throughout the year, as well as to identify the most effective strategies in providing students with the scaffolding they need to improve their writing. Another objetive of this thesis was to investigate how the teaching of writing in the ELT Institute relates to the teaching of writing in students’ native language (L1) in the regular schools attended by some of the students in the group. To that end, we observed a pedagogical sequence around the argumentative text in the ninth grade in the three schools selected for the study. These schools were selected because they are the ones most students in the Intermediate Course attend. The teachers and Portuguese coordinators of the schools were also interviewed. The data obtained by way of observations and interviews was triangulated with that obtained by way of interviews with students and analyses of their writings. It was concluded that, in the participating regular schools, the teaching of writing seems to focus more on the product than on the process, even though in each of them certain features of a process approach were observed. In this sense, sometimes these schools fail to provide students with the scaffolding they need to plan and organize their writing, as well as opportunities to revise and rewrite their texts.
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