Atenção gravando! Produção de vídeos por alunos do ensino médio - a língua como objeto de reflexão

Abstract

Over the last decades, there has been a discussion about the Portuguese language teaching in the linguistic field. In an attempt to contribute to this discussion, this study, which was developed in a school context, has had the participation of high school students of a private school from Bagé, a city in RS, Brazil. The activity investigated was these students‟ video production process. The aim of this school action was to provide them a discussion about language, enabling them to explore the topic freely and autonomously. Once we believe that the classroom activities that involve language should privilege its effective use, the focus of this research is the analysis of these videos as a learning and interaction resource during 1st year high school students‟ Portuguese classes. This work attempts to contribute for the Portuguese language area through the investigation carried out on videos as learning instruments of and about language. From the perspective of the Activity Theory, based on Vygotsky (1930/2002), Leontiev (1978/2003) and Engeström (1987), the students‟ productions were analyzed. The main conclusion was that the results expected by the teacher do not always match the aims of the activities because of the fact that the goal of the activity is not clear for the student. Thus, the Activity Theory helps to see the activity as a whole, allowing the teacher to understand his/her practice