In 1996 Francois Bloemhof's teenage fiction, Slinger-slinger, was a prize-winner in the beginners' category of the Sanlam competition for fiction for youth. The book was acclaimed because of the open manner in which the author wrote about sensitive themes such as hetero- and homosexuality, promiscuity, divorce, incest, tense family relationships, and drug and alcohol abuse. The main theme of Slinger-slinger is teenage sexual aspects, such as the sexual awakening and identity of teenagers. In 1998 a sensation was caused in the media as upset parents, teachers and other adults protested against the inclusion of Slinger-slinger in the ATKV's Children's Book Award, category 13-15 years of age. Two conflicting opinions about Slingerslinger could be distinguished: one group was of the opinion that the sexual theme and strong language were not suited for teenage fiction, while the other group was of the opinion that teenagers needed to read about realistic themes to prepare them for the real world. No comments were published about the opinions of the supposed readers, namely teenagers. Steenberg (1988:168-172), Van der Westhuizen (1989:5-7) and Van Zyl (1990:17) wrote that teenagers read to fulfil their needs. Teenagers' reading needs are directly connected to their emotional, cognitive and physical developmental stages. The aim of the study The aim of this study is firstly to evaluate Slinger-slinger according to the elements of the reader study model to determine whether it addresses the reading needs and interests of teenage readers; and secondly to ascertain whether teenagers liked Slinger-slinger. Research procedures and methodology A study of the literature was done in order to determine the reading needs and developmental tasks of teenagers, and the role that teenage fiction can play in their development to adulthood. Together with this background study, an evaluation model, containing story elements viewed from a reader study perspective, as well as criteria for the evaluation of the handling of sexual aspects in teenage fiction, was developed to determine whether Slinger-slinger is successful teenage fiction. In the empirical study the above-mentioned evaluation model for teenage fiction were applied to Slinger-slinger. In the second part of the empirical study a questionnaire was compiled to obtain the opinions of teenage readers about the success of Slinger-slinger as a whole, as well as the success of the handling of the sexual aspects. The questionnaire also served to obtain information about the reading needs of teenage readers in regard to realistic teenage fiction and teenage fiction with a sexual theme. Conclusion It is concluded that Francois Bloemhof's Slinger-slinger succeeds as realistic teenage fiction because it answers to the reading needs of teenage readers. Bloemhof succeeded in his handling of the sexual aspects in Slinger-slinger an in doing so fulfils teenager's reading and information needs, and thus assists them on their way to maturity. The questionnaire ascertained that the teenage readers who participated in the study were of the opinion that Slinger-slinger is a successful and interesting teenage book, and that they would like to read more realistic Afrikaans teenage fiction such as Slinger-slinger. / Thesis (M.Bibl.)--Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2002.

In 1996 Francois Bloemhof's teenage fiction, Slinger-slinger, was a prize-winner in the beginners' category of the Sanlam competition for fiction for youth. The book was acclaimed because of the open manner in which the author wrote about sensitive themes such as hetero- and homosexuality, promiscuity, divorce, incest, tense family relationships, and drug and alcohol abuse. The main theme of Slinger-slinger is teenage sexual aspects, such as the sexual awakening and identity of teenagers. In 1998 a sensation was caused in the media as upset parents, teachers and other adults protested against the inclusion of Slinger-slinger in the ATKV's Children's Book Award, category 13-15 years of age. Two conflicting opinions about Slingerslinger could be distinguished: one group was of the opinion that the sexual theme and strong language were not suited for teenage fiction, while the other group was of the opinion that teenagers needed to read about realistic themes to prepare them for the real world. No comments were published about the opinions of the supposed readers, namely teenagers. Steenberg (1988:168-172), Van der Westhuizen (1989:5-7) and Van Zyl (1990:17) wrote that teenagers read to fulfil their needs. Teenagers' reading needs are directly connected to their emotional, cognitive and physical developmental stages. The aim of the study The aim of this study is firstly to evaluate Slinger-slinger according to the elements of the reader study model to determine whether it addresses the reading needs and interests of teenage readers; and secondly to ascertain whether teenagers liked Slinger-slinger. Research procedures and methodology A study of the literature was done in order to determine the reading needs and developmental tasks of teenagers, and the role that teenage fiction can play in their development to adulthood. Together with this background study, an evaluation model, containing story elements viewed from a reader study perspective, as well as criteria for the evaluation of the handling of sexual aspects in teenage fiction, was developed to determine whether Slinger-slinger is successful teenage fiction. In the empirical study the above-mentioned evaluation model for teenage fiction were applied to Slinger-slinger. In the second part of the empirical study a questionnaire was compiled to obtain the opinions of teenage readers about the success of Slinger-slinger as a whole, as well as the success of the handling of the sexual aspects. The questionnaire also served to obtain information about the reading needs of teenage readers in regard to realistic teenage fiction and teenage fiction with a sexual theme. Conclusion It is concluded that Francois Bloemhof's Slinger-slinger succeeds as realistic teenage fiction because it answers to the reading needs of teenage readers. Bloemhof succeeded in his handling of the sexual aspects in Slinger-slinger an in doing so fulfils teenager's reading and information needs, and thus assists them on their way to maturity. The questionnaire ascertained that the teenage readers who participated in the study were of the opinion that Slinger-slinger is a successful and interesting teenage book, and that they would like to read more realistic Afrikaans teenage fiction such as Slinger-slinger. / Thesis (M.Bibl.)--Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2002.

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Seu objetivo primordial foi compreender o processo de criação de necessidades de leitura literária nas crianças, capaz de mobilizá-las para a apropriação do ato de ler, ou seja, da capacidade e atitudes leitoras, mediante uma metodologia pedagógica específica. A partir do objetivo geral, caracterizou-se a história de leitura e de formação da atitude leitora das crianças do quarto e do quinto anos do Ensino Fundamental. Também se avaliou a metodologia alternativa de leitura e suas implicações pedagógicas comparadas às práticas convencionais do ensino do ato de ler e às suas decorrentes transposições. Por fim, procurou-se compreender os diferentes sentidos atribuídos ao ato de ler pelas crianças. O lócus operacional foi uma escola do município de Fortaleza, na qual foi realizada uma pesquisa empírica em consonância com as investigações colaborativas, haja vista que sua construção se deu a partir de diálogos constantes com as professoras das turmas participantes dado o propósito de analisar conjuntamente os conceitos e as estratégias da metodologia pedagógica, para, em seguida, aplicar em sala de aula atividades que envolvessem as crianças na prática da leitura literária e da escrita. Desenvolvida no período de 2014 e 2015, além de possibilitar readaptações de acordo com o olhar e as vozes das crianças, favoreceu a conciliação da teoria com as práticas pedagógicas utilizadas pelas professoras. A matriz metodológica da pesquisa seguiu dois momentos. No primeiro, realizado sem a minha colaboração, observou-se que as crianças tratavam a leitura como uma mera tarefa escolar e não como uma "necessidade" ou um caminho para a "apropriação" da cultura, o que, de certa forma, explica o fato de chegarem ao quarto ano do ensino fundamental sem se constituírem leitoras. Também, nessa fase, foi constatado que as professoras priorizavam o ensino da gramática de forma isolada das demais atividades (leitura e produção de texto). No segundo momento, já com a minha participação, as crianças passaram a vivenciar a prática da leitura literária no cotidiano escolar, o que as levou a se apropriarem do signo linguístico como fato concreto em suas vidas, envolvendo-se nas atividades de leitura literária mediante uma metodologia pedagógica alternativa. Todo o processo se dividiu em três fases: a fase exploratória, a de produção dos dados e a da análise sistemática dos dados produzidos. Como resultado, houve um efeito positivo na formação leitora, uma vez que as crianças se envolveram nas atividades de leitura e escrita, passaram a conversar sobre os livros lidos e solicitaram outros livros de literatura além dos disponíveis. Tais iniciativas são denotativas de constituição da capacidade e atitude leitoras, mediante a criação de necessidades para ler, lendo cada vez mais, progressivamente, de forma autônoma. / The current thesis is part of the research on theory and teaching practices of the Post-Graduation on Education, Faculty of Philosophy and Science of UNESP Marilia, and it articulates with the investigative studies by PROLEAO RESEARCH GROUP (Reading Processes and Writing: appropriation and objectification). Its primary objective was to understand the process of creating literary reading needs on children in order to mobilize them for the appropriation of the act of reading, that is, of the reader’s capacity and attitude, through a specific teaching methodology. From the general objective, it was characterized the history of reading and creating readings attitudes on children from the fourth and fifth years of elementary school; it was assessed an alternative methodology for reading teaching and its pedagogical implications when compared to conventional practices and to their resulting transpositions. At the end, it was searched an understanding to the different meanings attributed to the act of reading by children. The Operating locus was a school in the city of Fortaleza, where empirical research was conducted according to the collaborative research, considering that its construction was applied from iterative dialogue with the teachers from the participant classes, since the purpose was to analyze collectively the concepts and strategies of the teaching methodology, and then to apply in the classroom activities involving children in the practice of literary reading and writing. This methodology had the operating locus at a school in the city of Fortaleza, where a survey was conducted following the collaborative research standards, in such a manner its elaboration came from a constant dialogue with the teachers of the participating classes, given the purpose of a combined analysis of the concepts and strategies of the pedagogical methodology in use, and then to apply the elaborated activities in classroom involving the children into the practice of literary reading and writing. The field research was conducted in the period from 2014 until 2015 and, besides allowing readjustments according to the children’s look and voices, it supported the reconciliation of the theory with the pedagogical practices used by the teachers. The methodological research matrix followed two moments. In the first moment, without any interference of mine, it was observed that children treated reading as a mere school task and not as a "need" or a path to the "appropriation" of culture, which somehow explains the fact that they are reaching the fourth year of elementary school without become real readers. Also during this moment, it was found that the teachers prioritized the grammar teaching detached from other related activities (reading and text production). In the second moment, with my interference, the children began to experience the practice of literary reading during the everyday school life, which led them to appropriate the linguistic sign as a concrete fact in their lives, engaging them in literary reading activities through an alternative teaching methodology. The whole process was divided into three phases: the exploratory stage, the data production and the systematic analysis of the data produced. As a result, there was a positive effect on the reader training, since the children were involved in reading and writing activities and they began to talk about the books read and requested literature books beyond the available ones. Such initiatives are denotative of the constitution of readers’ capacity and attitude, by creating the needs to read, reading increasingly, progressively and autonomously.

The purpose of this dissertation was to implement a needs analysis and on the basis of the findings come up with a framework consisting of practical stages and processes, for determining the academic reading needs of teacher trainees of English, at Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla (hereafter, ISCED-Huíla), a higher teacher training institution in Lubango, in southern Angola. The investigation was initially prompted by the lecturers’ perceptions that the academic reading level of undergraduate teacher trainees in Angola was inadequate for the demands of tertiary level study. A scientific approach to investigating the needs of these students was thus adopted. A needs analysis was undertaken in order to determine, in a systematic manner, the academic literacy levels of the students, their attitudes towards reading, the reading strategies they claimed to use when reading academic texts, their academic reading lacks and needs, and the teacher trainers’ perceptions and opinions on the students’ reading competence in specific reading sub-skills, and on university needs analysis procedures. In all, 45 first-year teacher trainees and 5 teacher trainers were involved in the main study. The teacher trainees were required to answer the Accuplacer test, an academic literacy standardized assessment. Both teacher trainees and teacher trainers completed a corresponding questionnaire survey. The findings showed that, among others, first, teacher trainees’ academic literacy levels were below expected from a tertiary level reader; second, there were certain discrepancies between what teacher trainees and teacher trainers considered to be the needs, skills and lacks of the teacher trainees; and third, academic literacy and academic reading skills should be developed in both L1/Portuguese and L2/English. Therefore, a framework for determining the academic reading needs of teacher trainees, for syllabus and programe development and evaluation is presented. It is hoped that the results of the study will be of assistance to English for Academic Purposes (EAP) reading professionals and to teacher educators, especially those in developing countries, involved in selecting, adapting and designing teacher training programmes, materials and tasks in order to improve academic literacy levels in their countries, schools and universities where English is taught as a foreign language. / English Studies / M.A. (Applied Linguistics)

The purpose of this dissertation was to implement a needs analysis and on the basis of the findings come up with a framework consisting of practical stages and processes, for determining the academic reading needs of teacher trainees of English, at Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla (hereafter, ISCED-Huíla), a higher teacher training institution in Lubango, in southern Angola. The investigation was initially prompted by the lecturers’ perceptions that the academic reading level of undergraduate teacher trainees in Angola was inadequate for the demands of tertiary level study. A scientific approach to investigating the needs of these students was thus adopted. A needs analysis was undertaken in order to determine, in a systematic manner, the academic literacy levels of the students, their attitudes towards reading, the reading strategies they claimed to use when reading academic texts, their academic reading lacks and needs, and the teacher trainers’ perceptions and opinions on the students’ reading competence in specific reading sub-skills, and on university needs analysis procedures. In all, 45 first-year teacher trainees and 5 teacher trainers were involved in the main study. The teacher trainees were required to answer the Accuplacer test, an academic literacy standardized assessment. Both teacher trainees and teacher trainers completed a corresponding questionnaire survey. The findings showed that, among others, first, teacher trainees’ academic literacy levels were below expected from a tertiary level reader; second, there were certain discrepancies between what teacher trainees and teacher trainers considered to be the needs, skills and lacks of the teacher trainees; and third, academic literacy and academic reading skills should be developed in both L1/Portuguese and L2/English. Therefore, a framework for determining the academic reading needs of teacher trainees, for syllabus and programe development and evaluation is presented. It is hoped that the results of the study will be of assistance to English for Academic Purposes (EAP) reading professionals and to teacher educators, especially those in developing countries, involved in selecting, adapting and designing teacher training programmes, materials and tasks in order to improve academic literacy levels in their countries, schools and universities where English is taught as a foreign language. / English Studies / M.A. (Applied Linguistics)