Reading as an Interaction Between the Reader and the Text: Conceptions and Practices in the Pnaic Notebooks

Abstract

The article aims at presenting and discussing the conceptions and practices of reading explored in the training notebooks of the National Pact for Literacy at the Right Age (PNAIC). The analysis process of the content of the notebooks was conducted based on the following question: what conception of reading and what teaching practices are brought in the collection of notebooks of PNAIC? The discussion on the conceptions and practices of reading was carried out based on theoretical studies that see reading as a cognitive act set in the interaction between text-reader. The results of the analysis show that the texts of the training notebooks conceive the reading from elements of the interactive model of reading. Concerning the reading practices, the activities of extraction of meanings from the text for the development of textual understanding are prioritized. In the reports, there is a predominance of records of shared reading activity, in which the formulation of questions is the main strategy to help the student to find information and infer meanings. Yet the exercises that aim at activating previous knowledge of the reader or activities of reading systematization, such as essay writing, are less frequently used. Finally, we highlight the importance of analyzing theoretical and methodological assumptions of continuous training programs in order to understand how these help the teachers to analyze their practices and rethink them according to the student’s needs.