Reading acquisition and social literacy: from how to learn to how to teach

Abstract

Professor Magda Soares discusses the concepts of reading acquisition and social literacy, stating that the learning of the writing system must occur simultaneously with the learning of the social uses of that system, what the researcher calls “alfaletrar”. In the same sense, Soares addresses the issue of theories and practices aimed at reading acquisition, she explains that there should not be a single method to be followed and criticizes the National Literacy Plan (PNA), which specifically recommends the phonic method. Magda Soares addresses the theory of Psychogenesis of written language, developed by Ferreiro and Teberosky (1986), presenting evidence of all stages that make up this theory through examples produced by students in the process of reading acquisition. The teacher evidences in her speech the attempt to articulate Linguistics and Education.

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