Reading strategies in the training and the development of indigenous students.

Abstract

This paper aimed to investigate the reading strategies employed by a group of indigenous students that is part of the Tutorial Education Program (PET in Portuguese language), From the Federal University of Tocantins. This research is based on a mixed approach (quantitative and qualitative) and is linked with studies which analyze reading practices in educational contexts, by seeking to specifically identify the most common reading strategies among indigenous students in their process of reading comprehension. In addition, we aim to discuss the implications of these strategies in the training and the development of proficient readers. For this purpose, this research is underpinned by the Applied Linguistics principles and some scholars who focus on reading: Solé (1998), Kleiman (2013), Menegassi (2010), Freire (1989). Therefore, in order to meet our purpose, we will use the data collected through a questionnaire which was applied at a tutorial event geared to the indigenous students. The analyses showed that the strategies employed by the students before, during and after the reading are essential to their reading comprehension and to the rise of a proficient reader who makes inference and activates previous knowledge in order to make multiple meanings.

Keywords

• estratégias de leitura
• compreensão leitora
• leitor crítico.