Construção de inferências na leitura de alunos do nono ano

Abstract

We aim to lead the ninth grade students, from a state public school of Uberaba, MG, to build inferential meanings to the reading passages proposed to them, through Solé’s (1998) reading strategies. The selection of the theme is justified by the fact that, from a classroom experience, we have verified that the pupils had presented difficulties in interpreting information implicit in the texts. From this observation, there is the choice of the work The plaid sofa (2013) from Bojunga, literary genre which emphasizes meanings extremely symbolic, that, certainly, leads to the formulation of inferences on reading. The investigation was based on the socio-cognitive conception of language. Thus, making reading an activity for building of meanings, which may offer clues, signs, explicit and implicit information, besides putting in action the reader’s knowledge and socio-cognitive strategies. In this research, authors such as: Bakhtin (1992), Koch (2006), Solé (1998), Marcuschi (2009) will be profiled, among others. The reading strategies, for example, identification of textua l clues and formulation of hypothesis, as well as others, are organized through didactic sequences which work as methodology procedures of this investigation. The conclusive data of this research points that the majority of the pupils, in the intervention activities, obtained good reading results. Thereby, through this study with possibilities of changing the current scenario, a contribution is expected by serving as a suggestion to other teachers who work with reading.