Aquisição da escrita: o caminho entre alfabetização e letramento

Abstract

This study is about the process of the written language, taken as a literacy (alfabetização) and as a literacy (letramento) process. This is done by following the work of two groups of 1st grades, by interviews, and informal speeches with the teachers of these groups of students. The difference between literacy (alfabetização) and literacy (letramento) is defined by the definitions of Soares (2001), Bortolotto (1998), Matêncio (1994), Terzi (2002), Kleiman (1998), Gontijo (2002), Rojo (1998) and Cardoso (2002). For a better understanding of the setting and the participants, it is done a description of the educational environment, of the teachers educational background, of the level of students parents literacy (letramento) and also the analysis of the teachers performance on their work. There were collected texts to analyse the way the children have constructed their writing by doing activities within the classroom environment, throughout a year. In such case, it was possible to follow the construction of th