Entre a imagem e a prosa: caminhos para a produção de crônicas numa abordagem crítica e multimodal

Abstract

This research was carried out within the scope of the Professional Master's Degree Program in languages (Profletras) of Montes Claros State University - (MG) and presents results of an action-research developed with students of Elementary School II. We sought to assess the extent to which a work focusing on language actions developed through the teaching of the production of chronicles and collages, aiming to stimulate reflection and citizen participation, can contribute to expand the critical communicative competence of the participants. For data collection, an initial production was applied in order to diagnose the skills and weaknesses of the participants / students of the 9th grade of Elementary School at school Venceslau Brás. Based on this production, an interventive proposal was elaborated, focused on multimodal critical expression, as a means to enhance the students' skills in using written language to position with autonomy and criticality as enunciators of themselves texts. The classes were distributed in 6 modules in a total of 24 h / a, whose theoretical foundation was guided by the considerations of textual / discursive genres brought by Bakhtin (2011) and Marcuschi (2008). This study was based, too, on Sociodiscursive Interactionism (ISD) by Bronckart (2012), from the analysis of the procedures for the construction of the didactic sequence by Schneuwly and Dolz (2004), from the considerations that support the written production with ISD contributions made by Dolz, Gagnon and Decândio (2010). In addition to studies on multimodality from Kress and Van Leewen, presented by Natividade and Pimenta (2009). The results show that the reading of multimodal texts associated with the constant practices of production / rewriting are some of the effective strategies that allow the student to use the functionality of reading and writing in a more conscious and critical way. It is also worth mentioning the use of different environments for the circulation of text as a necessity for working with textual production, as it allows the expansion of probable readers, in addition to giving a new meaning to the task of writing production.