Abstract

MORETTO, Milena. Using texts in college: A discursive analysis. Educ. Puc. [online]. 2017, vol.22, n.1, pp.65-76. ISSN 2318-0870.  https://doi.org/10.24220/P1519-3993-2017220100005.

As higher education professors of subjects focusing on reading and writing, we have noticed that most students have difficulties to use appropriate academic language to develop their texts. Considering this situation, the aim of the present article was to analyze the development of language skills of undergraduate students after applying a didactic sequence using the academic review genre. We conducted our study based on the ideas of authors of the Geneva School, regarding the development of a didactic sequence and other researchers who discuss literacy. To reach our goal, we applied the didactic sequence of academic review genre to 21 students in the first semester of Administration in a private university in the city of Campinas. The sequence considered an initial production - before the implementation of activities - and a final production - after the implementation of activities. We used the productions of students and a researcher’s field diary as instruments for the analysis. From a qualitative approach, we compared the two productions of each student and we noticed a development in action, discursive and linguistic-discursive skills.

Keywords : Language skills; Literacy; Academic review; Didactic sequence..

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