Letramento científico crítico e gênero notícia de PC: análise de atividades didáticas de leitura em língua inglesa

Abstract

This study is part of a research project (MOTTA-ROTH, 2007) that emphasizes the function of the language in social activities (popularization of scientific knowledge), in social roles and in interpersonal relationships (lead researcher, co-researcher, government, non specialist public, journalist) in the genre science popularization news (SP news). According to the presupposition of the research, this genre is relevant in the teaching and learning context either to students in High School or to University students, as a tool to achieve an educational practice aiming at the development of scientific literacy. We understand that based on a critical literacy approach we will explore socio-scientific aspects through the reading of scientific texts that lead to the comprehension of the relations between science-technology-society and individual as well as group decision making (SANTOS, 2007, p. 487). Considering this perspective, in this study we will discuss a pedagogical proposal for scientific literacy by analyzing the reading activities from a textbook of English that was approved by the Brazilian Textbook National Program 2012 (Ministério da Educação, 2011). In order to carry out a critical analysis, we will take into account previous studies of the rhetorical organization and recursive elements in the genre science popularization news, mainly: the multiplicity of voices (MARCUZZO, 2011), the different degrees of authority and assertiveness (NASCIMENTO, 2011) and the intertextuality strategies (SCHERER, 2010). The combination among Critical Discourse Analysis (FAIRCLOUGH, 1989, 1992), genre theories (BAKHTIN, 2003; BAZERMAN, 2005; MARCUSCHI, 2002) and a functional perspective of language (HALLIDAY, 2004) will be relevant as well. At the end of this study, we hope to contribute for guiding our students in the English language classes to a greater awareness of the relation between the science and the media discourses that constitute the SP news as well as a reflection about the impact of science and SP on the lives of the producers and the reader of the news.