O GÊNERO TIRINHA E O LIVRO DIDÁTICO DE LÍNGUA INGLESA: UMA PROPOSTA DE ANÁLISE DAS ATIVIDADES BASEADAS EM COMIC STRIPS

Abstract

This paper aims at proposing an analysis of some English language activities based on the comic strip genre in an English textbook of the sixth year of elementary school and to verify how these activities deal with the reading comprehension of this language in the context of teaching and learning English in public schools. To support this paper, the studies of Aguiar (2012), André (2012), Bakhtin (1992), Bezerra (2017), Costa (2008), Day and Park (2005), Garinger (2002), Marcuschi (2002), Ramos (2012) and Tílio (2012), among others, were used as a theoretical – methodological framework. The research methodology adopted is part of the qualitative research paradigm. After analyzing and discussing the data obtained, the research demonstrated that the comic strip genre not only serves as a scaffolding between the student and the target language to be learnt through the activities based on the comic strip analyzed, but also found that the activities based on the comic strip analyzed permeate the fields of reading and interpretation, visual and critical literacies, thus revealing its multimodal aspect. Based on linguistic – discursive elements, the activities seem to promote further learning rather than the genre itself. As for verifying how these activities deal with the reading comprehension of English in the context of teaching and learning in public schools, the study suggested that depending on how the statements and activities are formulated, presented and adapted by the teacher to his or her classes, the students will be able to develop learning comprehension skills that will contribute to a learning process with a communicative focus and approach of and in the target language.