TEXT PRODUCTION PRACTICES

Abstract

This paper results from a research that aims at analyzing the work of written text production at an educational institution for children. The research was based on an ethnographic case study and was developed during a year at a school for children from zero to six years old. The class involved in the work included six and seven-year-old children. In order to carry out the analysis, we evoked the studies of Bakhtin and Geraldi, among other authors who gave us support to understanding text production at school. Thereby, this article aims at analyzing the work carried out by teachers and children, in that specific class, with comics and opinionated texts. Besides the reading and the knowledge on Portuguese language system, the production of written texts is considered, in this article, as an important dimension in literacy and, therefore, it is emphasized in this paper. The investigation of the educational practice shows that teachers involved in the study care about developing suitable proposals concerning such kind of work, but also shows the need for creation of suitable conditions for children to have what to say and feel, thereby, motivated to write texts.

Key words: Literacy; text production; childhood.