Analysis of Reading Comprehension Text in English Based on Genres (Biography)

Teaching reading in foreign languages (FL) based in genres aims to develop language capabilities and build learning strategies. Considering Bakhtin’s (1997) understanding of genres and the study of perspective by Schneuwly and Dolz (2010), this article intends to analyze a reading activity from a 9t...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Filipini, Leila Maria G., Rios, Alinne da Silva
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)
Repositorio:The ESPecialist (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/21982
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/esp/article/view/21982
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:EFL teaching
genre
reading
instructional material
Ensino de LE
gêneros textuais
leitura
material didático.
Descripción
Sumario:Teaching reading in foreign languages (FL) based in genres aims to develop language capabilities and build learning strategies. Considering Bakhtin’s (1997) understanding of genres and the study of perspective by Schneuwly and Dolz (2010), this article intends to analyze a reading activity from a 9th grade instructional material. The material analyzed proposes in its methodological guide to teach English as a Foreign Language based on genres. This proposition is only partially fulfilled: the genre is a teaching instrument used more for the structure than for the reading. The students are engaged in verifying content and recognizing information, but are not building meaning.