Aulas de leitura em língua inglesa no contexto da educação de jovens e adultos

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss how the Reading Strategies of teaching combined with the use of nonverbal language of the teacher can contribute to the development of reading comprehension of students. As theory, we used Queiroz (2003) and Grabe (2002) on the relevance of teaching reading strategies, and Cajal (2001), Marchuschi (2008) on the teachers practice in the teaching context and learning. Developed in a State School of evening classes in the city of Campina Grande - Paraíba, this research focused on observations made in class, totaling 12 meetings of 30 minutes each. For analysis purposes, five meetings were selected. The results show that although the teacher searched emphasized the teaching of reading through translation into Portuguese language, gestures and the smile he used made possible greater engagement between him and the students in class. Because of these gestures (movement of hands and smile), students felt the urge to participate in class reading and answering the activities proposed by the teacher. In order to show that it is possible to read and understand texts in English language (LI) without necessarily having to translate it completely, a pedagogical proposal was made to work reading in LI with the genre "strip" emphasizing the nonverbal reading ( images) as a complementary strategy for understanding the part written in strips.