Addressing the textual genre "personal letter" in youth and adult education
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https://doi.org/10.5433/2237-4876.2018v21n3p328Keywords:
Textual genres, Personal letter, Youth and Adult EducationAbstract
The aim of this article is to address the personal letter-writing process by students enrolled in Youth and Adult Education. We initially reflect about textual genre as writing-teaching strategy and, then, we specifically address the genre “personal letter”. Our theoretical background was based on Antunes (2003, 2009), Cavalcante (2013), Dolz, Noverraz and Schneuwly (2004), Marcuschi (2002; 2008; 2010) and Oliveira (2014). The research adopted a qualitative approach based on participant observation and on conversation circle. Research collaborators comprised 5 students enrolled in Youth and Adult Education: 4 women and 1 man. Results indicated that the personal letter-writing process, which followed the didactic sequence developed by Dolz, Noverraz and Schneuwly (2004), enabled participants to acquire the necessary linguistic-discursive knowledge to construct the textual genre “personal letter”, besides helping them to acknowledge and overcome their main difficulties during the personal letter-writing process.Downloads
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