Leitura e interação através do aplicativo whatsapp nas aulas de língua portuguesa : uma proposta de intervenção pedagógica

Abstract

The study of digital technologies in education has been the subject of discussions in the contemporary educational scenario, requiring educators and managers to take a more critical look at this topic. This research has the general objective of investigating the extent to which interaction in the WhatsApp application environment can contribute to the role of students in Portuguese Language classes; and as specific: to present the main studies about digital technologies in education, with emphasis on research on the use of the WhatsApp application in classes; carry out a pedagogical intervention focusing on reading practices in the 9th grade of elementary school in a municipal public school in Paraíba and analyze the interactions between students in the WhatsApp application environment and their contact with reading, during the pedagogical intervention. To achieve the proposed objectives, the research has a qualitative approach, using ethnography as a methodological support from the creation of WhatsApp groups, taking into account the educational, cultural and socioeconomic aspects in which the actors will be involved. From these groups, activities focused on the reading axis were proposed and carried out. This process experienced between the researcher and the students is the constitutive foundation to show the possibilities of reading and interaction through the use of the WhatsApp application in Portuguese Language classes. The analytical construction is based on authors such as: Coscarelli (2021), Ribeiro (2021), Kleiman (2008), Matos (2020), Moran (2013), Rojo (2012), Soares (2012) addressing topics on information technologies and communication and literacies; Bakhtin (2011), Marcuschi (2008), on discursive/textual genres; Bortoni-Ricardo (2008) and Gil (2002), basing the methodological pathways, among others. The proposed pedagogical intervention designed for this research was a Sequence of Reading Activities, which uses the WhatsApp application to establish communication, interaction and reflections on the proposed texts. In this research, the application was used to assist in the execution of activities and proved to be a potential ally in the reading and interaction process, boosting student participation. The results obtained highlight a significant increase in student participation, with greater involvement in the proposed activities and quality interactions in the WhatsApp groups. Most students demonstrated a growing taste for reading, overcoming their initial embarrassment and showing themselves to be more confident and protagonists in reading activities. The experience lived in conducting and analyzing the research confirms that the digital technologies that mobilize the globalized society need and should be used in the classrooms. And it is with this perspective in mind that the WhatsApp application is used in this research as a pedagogical device that enhances and facilitates the processes of reading and interaction in Portuguese language classes.