New literacies in reading research demand for the study of comprehension skills using multiple modalities, through a more complex, multi-platform view of reading. Taking into account the robust roll of technology in our daily lives, research suggests that educators need activities to connect students' lack of reading skills with their growing multimodal literacy. During the post-reading phase of a directed reading activity (DRA), students were engaged in digital storytelling, where they created digital videos and slideshows based on information text read during DRA. Previous studies highlighting the use of digital storytelling have been limited to narrative formats and the influence that participation in this activity has on self-esteem and identity. This activity has been widely recommended for improving writing among teachers and in teaching journals, but it has not been empirically studied in the classroom as a comprehension activity. The theoretical framework that supported this study was Vygotsky's Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT). The researcher used the CHAT framework and Burke's Pentad of Analysis (1969) to study the nature of student interactions. Research questions for this study were answered through both quantitative and qualitative methods. The questions being asked by the researcher were: 1.What were the effects of participation in directed reading activity (DRA) modified to include digital storytelling in the post-reading phase of DRA on 6th graders' comprehension of information text? 2. Did the interactions observed during participation in directed reading activity modified to include digital storytelling reflect the principles promoted by Cultural-Historical Activity Theory? Eighty sixth-grade students were randomly assigned to their digital storytelling groups. The subjects participated in whole-class DRA on two information texts, with the treatment group creating digital stories based on the texts. Cloze scores indicated that there was no significant difference in comprehension due to the treatment. However, there was ample evidence to support the claim that participation in digital storytelling instantiates the principles of CHAT. Overall, digital storytelling does show promise as a multimodal instructional activity, and the discussion expands to several implications and recommendations of future research on this instructional activity.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T18:22:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mara Cristina Ferreira Cunha.pdf: 2569391 bytes, checksum: 871548677ccea58979e226be9826a3df (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-10-22 / This work aims to describe and interpret the phenomenon ressignification of the English reading activity of a high school students group in a public school in the city of São Paulo in classes planned with the contribution from these students. The theoretical basis of this research relied on texts about the reading activity (Grellet, 1981/1985; Nuttall, 1982/1985; P. Freire, 1993/2007, Kleiman, 2011, 2012) and collaborative learning (P. Freire, 1970/2010; Magalhães, 2011). This research was conducted in the light of Hermeneutic-Phenomenological Approach (van Manen, 1990; Freire, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2012). Questionnaires, a reflexive reports, reflexive questions, reflexive diaries and field notes are the instruments for text collection. The interpretation of the texts points to three main themes which appear as central in this lived experience: disinterest, interest and challenges, and these themes present subthemes which express the desire to study the English language, resistance to classes based on tasks which are common in public schools, such as translation and grammar, and invest their focus in activities meaningful to their lives, and see the teacher as a partner when she/he gives them voice. Thus, this research aims to contribute to the area of teaching-learning, providing information about this English reading activity as a lived experience held in and through collaboration of the students / Este trabalho tem como objetivo descrever e interpretar o fenômeno ressignificação da atividade de leitura em língua inglesa de um grupo de alunos do ensino médio em uma escola da rede pública estadual na cidade de São Paulo em aulas planejadas a partir da contribuição dos estudantes. A fundamentação teórica dessa pesquisa está baseada em textos sobre a atividade de leitura (Grellet, 1981/1985; Nuttall, 1983/1985; P. Freire, 1993/2007, Kleiman, 2011, 2012) e sobre a aprendizagem colaborativa (P. Freire, 1970/2010; Magalhães, 2011). Esta pesquisa foi realizada à luz da Abordagem Hermenêutico-Fenomenológica (van Manen, 1990; Freire, 2009, 2010). Questionários, um relato reflexivo, questões reflexivas, diários reflexivos e notas de campo foram os instrumentos de coleta de textos. A interpretação dos textos indica que esses alunos expressam o desejo de estudar a língua inglesa, apresentam resistência à trabalhos comuns nas aulas de inglês da escola pública, como por exemplo, a tradução e o estudo calcado na gramática, investem seu foco em atividades cujo sentido é explícito para as suas vidas e veem no professor um parceiro quando este lhes dá voz. Assim, esta pesquisa pretende contribuir para a área de ensino-aprendizagem, fornecendo informações sobre esta atividade de leitura em inglês, como uma experiência vivida, realizada por meio da colaboração dos estudantes

[pt] O objetivo deste estudo é apresentar os resultados de uma pesquisa etnográfica na área de Lingüística Aplicada, onde propomos investigar, com o apoio da Prática Exploratória (Allwright & Bailey, 1991) questões relacionadas ao uso do dicionário bilíngüe e à atividade de pré-leitura no aprendizado do léxico desconhecido em aulas de língua estrangeira. A análise buscou embasamento nos pressupostos de Grabe & Stoller, 2002; Coracini, 1995; Carter & McCarthy, 1988; Kleiman, 1989 e Kato, 1985. O corpus é composto por aulas de inglês numa turma de sete alunos adultos de nível básico, de uma grande empresa. Foram gravadas e transcritas quatro aulas com diferentes atividades de leitura, propostas pela professora- pesquisadora. Questionários e entrevistas foram respondidos pelos alunos. Os resultados da pesquisa mostram que o dicionário bilíngüe é considerado, pelos alunos, de forma diferenciada, sendo representado e usado de maneiras diversas no contexto analisado; a atividade de pré-leitura é vista como complemento importante na sala de aula, ativando o conhecimento lingüístico e de mundo dos alunos, durante o processo de leitura. A reflexão da professorapesquisadora sobre a sua prática pedagógica e discursiva em sala de aula levou-a a confirmar e reformular algumas de suas crenças sobre atividades de leitura, bem como identificar outros fatores que interferem nas aulas, tais como concepções e experiências anteriores dos alunos sobre seu processo de aprendizagem de uma língua estrangeira. / [en] The purpose of this study is to present the results of an etnographic research in the area of Applied Linguistics, which investigates, with the support of Exploratory Practice (Allwright & Bailey, 1991), issues related to the use of bilingual dictionaries and pre-reading activities in the acquisition of unknown vocabulary in a foreign language. The theoretical background for the analysis was based on Grabe & Stoller, 2002; Coracini, 1995; Carter & McCarthy, 1988; Kleiman, 1989 and Kato, 1985. The corpus includes English as a foreign language lessons in a class of seven basic level adult students from a big company in Rio de Janeiro. Four lessons with different reading activities and proposed by the teacherresearcher were recorded and trascribed. Questionnaires and interviews were answered by the students. The results of this research show that the bilingual dictionary is used and considered, by the students, in different ways in this context; the pre- reading activity is considered as an important complement in the language classroom, activating students´ linguistic and world knowledge, during the reading process. The teacher-researcher´s reflection about her pedagogic and discursive practice in the classroom led her to confirm and to reformulate some of her beliefs towards reading activities, as well as to identify other factors that influence her classes, such as students´ individual conceptions and their previous experiences in relation to the foreign language learning process.

基於閱讀的價值性、重要性及影響性等特質，促使閱讀能力的培養持續受到各界關注，而家庭更是影響孩童閱讀習慣養成的重要環境之一，因此本研究旨在探究性別及家庭社經地位對家庭閱讀活動的影響，並且探討家庭閱讀活動的活躍程度與學童閱讀行為及閱讀態度養成間的關係。 本研究採問卷調查法，以台北市某八所公立小學二年級學童共計317人作為研究樣本，研究結果顯示：女性及中、高社經地位學童在家庭閱讀活動、閱讀行為及閱讀態度的表現上皆較佳，而家庭閱讀活動與閱讀行為及閱讀態度彼此間都呈現顯著正相關情形。由上述結果可推論，家長可能由於對子女性別的刻板印象而投入較多的心力在與女兒從事閱讀活動，且社經地位較高的家長，除了較有能力提供豐富閱讀資源外，也多半較重視閱讀能力的培養，因而顯示其家庭閱讀活動較為活躍；而家庭閱讀活動越活躍的學童，其閱讀行為與閱讀態度也同樣呈現積極的情形，且豐富的閱讀行為亦能帶動正向的閱讀態度。 基於以上研究發現，本研究建議家長應在家庭閱讀活動中扮演更為主動的角色，例如嘗試建立固定家庭閱讀時段，盡可能投注均等的時間陪伴子女從事閱讀；且學童本身亦可與同儕建立讀物分享的團體，並充分利用各界圖書資源；而政府則是可以考量推動內政單位與教育單位合作的可能性，藉由社會力量協助以改善低社經者的家庭閱讀活動不足的情形。 / Based on the value, importance and impact of reading, building reading ability continued to be concerned. And the family is one of the important environment where affect the children to make a rule of reading habits. So, the purpose of this study is to explore how sex and family socio-economic status affect the family reading activities, and what relations of the level of family reading activities, children reading behavior and reading attitudes. This study used questionnaires to sampling a total of 317 second grade children in 8 public schools of Taipei. And the research results showed that: girls and children of middle-high socio-economic status whose family reading activities, reading behavior and reading attitude is all better. In addition, family reading activities, reading behavior and reading attitude showed a significant positive correlation. Results can be deduced from the above, parents of their children may be due to gender stereotypes and to invest more heavily in the effort to engage in reading activities with daughter, and higher socio-economic status of parents, in addition to is not having a better position to provide a rich resource of reading, but also identify importance of reading ability, which family activity of reading is better. And family reading activities is more lively, their children’s reading behavior and reading attitude is better. And at the same time, a wealth of reading behavior can lead to read positive attitude. Based on the above findings, this study suggests that parents should play a more active role to reading with children, such as creating a fixed period of family reading time, to accompany their children in reading equal bets as far as possible. And children also can establish reading groups with their peers to share all kinds of books. On the other side, try to make full use of library resources from living surroundings. While the Government is considering to advance cooperation of the educational unit and internal affairs unit , depend on social forces to help to improve the low socio-economic families reading activities.