Student Number : 8801261D - MA research report - School of Human and Community Development - Faculty of Humanities / The ability to achieve academic success is dependent on the acquisition of academic language proficiency, basic to which is the ability to decode and comprehend relevant academic content, with limited contextual support. Research indicates that English Second Language (ESL) learners at primary and tertiary educational institutions in South Africa lack the skills necessary for academic success. This study investigated firstly, the relationship between academic achievement of Grade 8 learners and their decoding and spelling ability and secondly, the impact of a peer mentoring paired reading programme on reading and spelling skills of Grade 8 ESL learners. Results confirm a strong positive relationship between reading and spelling skills of learners and their academic achievement and suggests that the lack of reading skills is not confined to second language English learners only. The reading programme had a significant impact on the on the decoding skills of ESL learners and a small nonsignificant impact on spelling and comprehension skills.

Student Number : 9702858G - MA research report - School of Human and Community Development - Faculty of Humanities / This study forms part of a series of studies on the use of mental imagery in learning. Preliminary data suggests that high mental imagery techniques are as effective as phonological based techniques in the remediation of the English language abilities of learners with difficulties in reading and written expression, and may lead to greater improvements where children have previously not learned using phonic approaches to learning to read, write and spell. Preliminary data further suggest that cognitive improvements, which cannot be explained purely by maturation factors, are also apparent as a result. The primary focus of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of high mental imagery techniques in improving the simultaneous and successive processing abilities of Grade V learners with learning disorders of reading and written expression. It also aimed to explore the usefulness of mental imagery techniques in improving the English spelling, reading and writing abilities of these learners. Eight Grade V learners attending a remedial primary school were selected to participate in this study. These learners were those who, in view of their scholastic history, were considered to be ‘treatment resisters’, implying that they had progressed poorly and had not responded well to other forms of traditional remedial intervention received in improving their English language abilities. Each participant’s cognitive, spelling, reading and writing abilities were pre and post tested utilising various psycho-educational and cognitive psychological assessment tools and their phonic skills were analysed. The sample received six months of bi-weekly individual remedial tuition in accordance with the remedial intervention strategy of the study group to which the participants had been randomly assigned. Four participants were tutored via high mental imagery techniques (experimental group) and four participants tutored utilising a phonological approach, forming the contrast group. Aggregated case study methodology was utilised to analyse the data. The results of this pilot study suggest that high mental imagery techniques are useful in improving the successive and simultaneous processing abilities and reading, spelling and writing skills of learners suffering learning disorders of reading and written expression. It should be noted that statistical analysis of the results was not undertaken owing to the small numbers of participants comprising the sample. However, when results obtained were analysed on a case by case basis as well as through aggregated case contrasts, there were strong indications to suggest that the gains made by the those participants tutored using high mental imagery techniques exceeded those of participants tutored in phonological techniques.

La lecture et l’écriture sont deux activités complexes qui contribuent à la réussite dans toutes les disciplines scolaires. Pour l’apprenti scripteur, et plus particulièrement pour l’élève qui éprouve des difficultés d’apprentissage (notamment l’élève dyslexique), l’apprentissage de l’orthographe représente un réel défi et nécessite souvent des années d’effort. Or, la connaissance du code orthographique constitue le socle sur lequel se construit la compétence orthographique. La reconnaissance et la production de mots écrits impliquent la mise en place d’un noyau de connaissances communes se rapportant aux connaissances orthographiques, c’est-à-dire aux connaissances rattachées aux propriétés phonologiques, morphologiques et visuelles du code orthographique. Ainsi, tout au long du développement de la compétence orthographique, le lecteur-scripteur doit notamment construire des représentations orthographiques de plus en plus stables et mieux définies qui tiennent compte de l’ensemble des propriétés du code orthographique. Des données empiriques récentes indiquent toutefois que les élèves dyslexiques, qui commettent davantage d’erreurs orthographiques de fusion et de segmentation de mots que les élèves sans difficulté à l’écrit, ne semblent pas disposer de représentations orthographiques précises des mots à orthographier, et plus spécifiquement de bonnes représentations du début et de la fin des mots. L’objectif général de cette étude est donc d’expliquer les erreurs orthographiques de frontières lexicales chez les élèves dyslexiques. Comme à notre connaissance, il n’existe pas de norme quant au développement des connaissances des frontières lexicales chez les élèves normo-lecteurs/scripteurs, le premier objectif spécifique est de décrire, de façon transversale et longitudinale, les performances d’élèves normo-lecteurs/scripteurs de la maternelle à la 4e année du primaire à des épreuves évaluant les connaissances des frontières lexicales (étude 1). La mise en place de cette référence développementale a permis de répondre au deuxième objectif spécifique qui est d’évaluer les connaissances des frontières lexicales d’élèves dyslexiques du primaire (étude 2). Pour évaluer les compétences en lecture et en production de mots, une épreuve de lecture de la batterie de tests du K-ABC et une dictée de mots insérés en contexte phrastique ont été proposées. Trois épreuves (décision lexicale, identification lexicale et permutation lexicale), variant en termes de degré de contraintes cognitives, ont été effectuées par tous les participants à l’oral et à l’écrit afin d’évaluer leurs connaissances des frontières lexicales. / Reading and writing are two complex activities that contribute to success in all school subjects. For apprentice writers, and particularly for students with learning difficulties (notably students with dyslexia), learning to spell represents a real challenge and often requires years of effort. To be successful, students require knowledge of the orthographic code, which is the foundation upon which spelling ability it built. To recognize and produce written words, students must develop a set of core skills that are linked to orthographic knowledge, including knowledge of the phonological, morphological and visual properties of the orthographic code. As their spelling skills develop, readers and writers must construct increasingly stable and better defined orthographic representations that reflect the properties of the orthographic code. However, recent empirical research has found that students with dyslexia, who tend to make more errors related to word merging and segmentation than students without writing difficulties, do not seem to have accurate orthographic representations of the words they are trying to spell, particularly of the beginnings and endings of words. Therefore, the general aim of this study is to explain spelling errors occurring at word boundaries in dyslexic children. To our knowledge, no typical trajectory of development has been established for normally-developing readers/writers with regards to knowledge of lexical boundaries. Therefore, using both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses, this study’s first objective is to describe the performances of normally-developing reader and writers from kindergarten to grade 4 on tasks related to lexical boundary knowledge (Study 1). With this developmental reference having been established, the second study will evaluate lexical boundary knowledge in primary school students with dyslexia (study 2). To evaluate ability in reading and word production, a reading test from the K-ABC battery and a dictation task requiring students to insert words in the context of a sentence were administered. To evaluate knowledge of lexical boundaries, three tasks (a lexical decision task, a lexical identification task, and a lexical permutation task) were completed by all participants in oral and written form, each of which varied according to the level of cognitive constraint involved in completing the task.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-21T20:31:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Solange Aparecida de Oliveira Collares.pdf: 3070263 bytes, checksum: d7752ba901e23926354e84f13315d985 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-02-28 / This research has as regional cutting the State of Paraná, with the analysis of the progressive spelling book – the first spelling book of author paranaense, elaborated in 1900 and used up to 1907, whose method of reading teaching had been adopted officially in this State. This way it is believed that this research can contribute for the production in the area of the Historizes od the Brasilian Education. The term “spelling book” is the unfolding of the word “letter” that was used in Portuguese language from the beginning of the modern age for your time, to identify those texts printed, whose the explicit purpose would be it of teaching to read to write and to count the the word flowed of letter, therefore, as any didn´t exist text book until then, the teachers elaborated some hand written texts for the teaching of the reading, or they used letters, occupations and registry documents. Like this of the letters they happened to the spelling books. They were used initially in Brasil, the letters and later spelling books of Portuguese publisher, that for the first series, of the elementary schools. The spelling book found for analysis it was edicted in 1907, and used in schools paranaenses, it is called progressive schools. And it is of Lindolpho Pombo´s authorship – man that stood out as director of the public school and writer. To understand how the spelling books and your contribution appeared for the area of the education, it is necessary to understand some aspects of the history. The general objective of this research is to look for to understand in that social and political context appeared the progressive spelling book, the first of author paranaense, used in the State of Paraná for the public instruction, the specific objectives of this research: To analyse the first spelling book literacy paranaense, as well as your appearance and your importance; to investigate the pedagogic conception of the author explicited in the progressive spelling book; for us to reach the proposed objectives, Some documents were analysed originating from of the following places: Museum Paranaense; Public Library of Paraná; House of the Memory (Curitiba); Cycle of Studies of Bandeirantes; Public File of the State of Paraná; and other projects related to the research as the project Memory of the text book (USP/SP). / Esta pesquisa tem como recorte regional o Estado do Paraná, com a análise da Cartilha Progressiva – a primeira cartilha de autor paranaense, elaborada em 1900 e utilizada até 1907, cujo método de ensino de leitura fora adotado oficialmente neste Estado. Desta forma, acredita-se que esta pesquisa poderá contribuir para a produção na área da História da Educação Brasileira. O termo “cartilha” é o desdobramento da palavra “cartinha” que por sua vez era usada em língua portuguesa desde o princípio da Idade Moderna, para identificar aqueles textos impressos, cujo propósito explícito seria o de ensinar a ler, escrever e contar. O ocábulo derivou de “carta”, pois, como não existia qualquer livro didático até então, os professores elaboravam alguns textos manuscritos para o ensino da leitura, ou utilizavam cartas, ofícios e documentos de cartório. Assim, das cartas passaram-se às cartilhas. Foram utilizadas, inicialmente no Brasil, as “cartinhas” e depois “cartilhas” de editora portuguesa – isso para as primeiras séries, das escolas primárias. A cartilha encontrada para análise foi editada em 1907, e utilizada nas escolas paranaenses, é chamada de “Cartilha Progressiva” e é de autoria de Lindolpho Pombo – homem que se destacou como diretor da escola pública e escritor. Para compreender como surgiram as cartilhas e a sua contribuição para a área da educação, é necessário entender alguns aspectos da História. O objetivo geral desta pesquisa é buscar compreender em que contexto social e político surgiram a Cartilha Progressiva, a primeira de autor paranaense, utilizada no Estado do Paraná para a instrução pública. Os objetivos específicos desta pesquisa: Analisar a primeira cartilha paranaense de alfabetização, bem como o seu surgimento e a sua importância; Investigar a concepção pedagógica do autor explicitado na Cartilha Progressiva; Para alcançarmos os objetivos propostos, foram analisados documentos oriundos dos seguintes lugares: Museu Paranaense; Biblioteca Pública do Paraná; Casa da Memória (Curitiba); Ciclo de Estudos Bandeirantes; Arquivo Público do Estado do Paraná; e outros projetos relacionados à pesquisa como o projeto Memória do Livro Didático (USP/SP).

Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1981. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING. / Includes bibliographical references. / by Richard Michael Heller. / B.S.

Dans l’apprentissage du français écrit, la norme orthographique représente un lieu de difficulté majeure. Confronté à des complexités multiples, tout scripteur aura un long trajet à parcourir avant d’arriver à la maîtrise complète des traitements orthographiques, et ceci est sans doute d’autant plus vrai lorsqu’il s’agit de s’approprier le système orthographique du français dans une langue étrangère. Cette étude vise donc à analyser la réalisation orthographique, chez les apprenants chinois du français L2. Pour ce faire, nous examinons les données issues d’une tâche écrite semi-spontanée, en nous attachant plus particulièrement au profil développemental des apprenants chinois, et leur tendances interlangagières face aux problèmes de l’orthographe lexicale, de l’accord en nombre et genre et de la morphologie verbale. En outre, une analyse des erreurs commises par les apprenants, ainsi que les explications possibles pour interpréter ces erreurs sont également présentées, en faisant référence aux caractéristiques spécifiques de l’apprentissage de la langue étrangère. / In the area of written French, the orthographic learning represents a major difficulty. Faced with multiple complexities, any writer will have a long way to go before arriving at the complete control of spelling, and this is probably more true when it comes to appropriating this French system in a foreign language which is typologically distinct from the French language. This study aims to analyze the orthographic realization in French L2, for Chinese learners. To do this, we examine data from a semi-spontaneous writing task, focusing in particular on the developmental profile of learners, and their interlanguage tendencies in relation to the problems of lexical orthography, number/gender agreement, and verbal morphology. In addition, an errors analysis as well as possible explanations for interpreting these errors are also presented, with reference to the specific characteristics of L2 learning.

Writing is a multifaceted, complex task that involves interaction between physical and cognitive skills. Individuals with physical disabilities vary in terms of both their physical and cognitive abilities. Often they must overcome one or more significant barriers in order to engage in the task of writing. Minimizing or eliminating barriers is important because opportunities are greater for individuals who can effectively communicate their ideas via writing. Assistive technology (AT) is an increasingly effective solution to increase typing fluency. The purpose of this study is to examine if word prediction software, a commonly used software program used with individuals with learning disabilities, will be effective for those with physical impairments to increase typing rate and reduce spelling errors (fluency). Data will be collected for words correct per minute (WCPM) and errors (e.g., spelling). Four middle- or high school-aged participants with diverse physical disabilities will be recruited in this single subject, alternating treatment design. Participants will type for three-minute timed sessions using either a standard word processor or Co:Writer 4000, a word prediction software program. Specific research questions are: (a) to what extent will students with physical and health disabilities produce greater WCPM when writing a draft paper on a common topic using word prediction rather than word processing, (b) to what extent will the use of word prediction software result in the production of different types of errors compared to errors produced using word processing, (c) to what extent will the use of word prediction software increase accuracy by decreasing spelling errors, (d) to what extent will more text be produced using word prediction software than with word processing, and (e) to what extent will word prediction increase motivation or willingness to write? Data will be graphed and analyzed for bifurcation. Bifurcation will be determined by examination of the means, level of performance, and trend. Finally, examination of errors will be used to verify spelling accuracy.

Σκοπός της παρούσας μελέτης ήταν να εξετάσει τις στρατηγικές μάθησης της ανάγνωσης και της ορθογραφημένης γραφής, τις οποίες εφαρμόζουν οι Έλληνες μαθητές που φοιτούν στις πρώτες τάξεις του δημοτικού σχολείου και το κατά πόσο αυτές είναι σύμφωνες με το μοντέλο της διττής θεμελίωσης της ανάγνωσης που έχει προταθεί για τη μάθηση της ανάγνωσης στην αγγλική γλώσσα. Η συγκεκριμένη έρευνα εντάσσεται στο πλαίσιο μια ευρύτερης διευρωπαϊκής προσπάθειας (LiteracyAcquisitioninEuropeanOrthographies) για τη διερεύνηση της μάθησης της ανάγνωσης σε διαφορετικά ορθογραφικά συστήματα γραφής. Συγκεκριμένα, στην παρούσα εργασία επιχειρήθηκε να διερευνηθεί διαχρονικά η μάθηση της ανάγνωσης και της ορθογραφημένης γραφής των μαθητών. Για το λόγο αυτό η έρευνα κινήθηκε σε δύο άξονες. Ο πρώτος αφορούσε τη μελέτη της ανάπτυξης των αναγνωστικών και ορθογραφικών δεξιοτήτων 50 μαθητών της Α΄ τάξης, οι οποίοι εξετάσθηκαν σε τέσσερις διαφορετικές χρονικές στιγμές κατά τη διάρκεια της φοίτησής τους στην Α΄ Δημοτικού. Στο δεύτερο άξονα της μελέτης αξιολογήθηκε η αναγνωστική και ορθογραφική ανάπτυξη 100 μαθητών της Α΄, Β΄, Γ΄και Δ΄ τάξης του δημοτικού σχολείου. Η αναγνωστική επίδοση των μαθητών αξιολογήθηκε με βάση το χρόνο και την ακρίβεια ανάγνωσης λέξεων και ψευδολέξεων, ενώ συνυπολογίστηκαν μεταβλητές όπως η ορθογραφική συνέπεια, το μήκος, η συλλαβική δομή, η συχνότητα κ.α. Επιπλέον, η μελέτη περιελάμβανε και την αξιολόγηση μεταβλητών ελέγχου, το επίπεδο γλωσσικής επίγνωσης, τη νοημοσύνη, τη μνήμη κ.α. Με βάση την ανάλυση των δεδομένων προέκυψαν τα ακόλουθα συμπεράσματα: (1) οι μαθητές φαίνεται να κατακτούν γρήγορα και με σχετική ευκολία το στάδιο της θεμελιακής ανάγνωσης, (2) η ταχεία μάθηση των γραμμάτων, η γρήγορη ανάπτυξη των δεξιοτήτων φωνολογικής επίγνωσης και η ακολουθούμενη μέθοδος διδασκαλίας προωθούν την υιοθέτηση της αλφαβητικής στρατηγικής στην ανάγνωση κατά τα πρώτα στάδια, (3) δεν αποδεικνύεται η ύπαρξη του λογογραφικού σταδίου της ανάγνωσης στην ελληνική γλώσσα, (4) αντίθετα τα δεδομένα φαίνεται ότι επιβεβαιώνουν την ύπαρξη της ορθογραφικής στρατηγικής ανάγνωσης, (5) στο τέλος της Α΄ τάξης υπάρχουν ενδείξεις ότι οι Έλληνες μαθητές βρίσκονται στο στάδιο της μορφογραφικής ανάγνωσης, (6) η βασική μονάδα αποκωδικοποίησης στην ανάγνωση φαίνεται ότι είναι η συλλαβή, (7) προς το τέλος της Α΄ τάξης οι μαθητές χρησιμοποιούν μια πιο ολική στρατηγική ανάγνωσης, η οποία δε φαίνεται να επηρεάζεται από τη δομή της συλλαβής ή τις ορθογραφικές συμβάσεις τις γλώσσας, (8) η θέση της εξαιρέσιμης συλλαβής αποτελεί παράγοντα που επιδρά τόσο στο χρόνο ανάγνωσης όσο και στο ποσοστό αναγνωστικής επιτυχίας και, (9) η απόδοση των μαθητών στην άσκηση της ταχείας κατονομασίας είναι δυνατό να προβλέψει τη μεταγενέστερη αναγνωστική επίδοση έως την τετάρτη τάξη του δημοτικού σχολείου. / The aim of this study was to examine the learning strategies of reading and spelling that Greek primary school children apply. Moreover, it is evaluated whether these strategies are compatible with the dual foundation model of reading development that has been proposed for learning to read in the English language. This study is part of a wider cross-european project (Literacy Acquisition in European Orthographies) that focuses on the investigation of learning to read in different orthographic writing systems. More specifically, the present thesis attempted to investigate reading development over time and for that reason a two-axis design was adopted. The first axis focused on the reading and spelling development of 50 children attending primary 1, who were evaluated in four different testing points throughout the year. The second axis assessed the reading and orthographic growth of 100 students of grades A΄, B΄, C and D΄. Reading achievement was evaluated on the basis of word and nonword reading fluency and accuracy, while variables as orthographic consistency, item length, syllabic structure, frequency etc were taken into account. Furthermore, this study included the evaluation of testing variables such as the level of phonological awareness, intelligence, working memory as well as control processes. Data analysis revealed the following conclusions: (1) children quite quickly and relatively easy acquire the foundation level of reading development, (2) the rapid acquisition of letter knowledge, the phonological awareness skills, as well as the standard reaching approach induce the development of the alphabetic process in the early stages of reading acquisition, (3) evidence acquired from data analysis does not support the existence of a logographic phase in reading development in the Greek language, (4) on the contrary, data analysis confirms the existence of an orthographic reading phase, (5) at the end of primary 1, children’s reading strategies appear compatible with the development of the morphographic phase of reading, (6) syllable seems to be the basic linguistic unit used in decoding, (7) towards the end of Primary 1 children tend to use a more holistic strategy in reading, which is not affected by either the syllabic structure or the orthographic conventions of the Greek language, (8) a position-of-irregularity effect can be detected on both reading speed and accuracy and, last but not least, (9) performance on rapid naming task may predict later reading performance through fourth grade.

Studies in alphabetic languages suggest the presence of morphological processing in reading already at the beginning of learning (Casalis et al, 2015). The linguistic characteristics of Arabic, particularly its richness in morphological derivations, could have implications for the acquisition of reading and spelling. In expert readers, studies with priming techniques showed morphological decomposition of Arabic words (Boudelaa and Marslen-Wilson, 2015) but there is almost no research available on beginning readers. In addition, derived words in Arabic (example: kātib) are formed from the combination of a consonantal root (K-T-B) and a vocal pattern (_ā_i_). These two morphemes cannot be isolated either aurally or visually as independent units but are part of an abstract mental representation. This could make their identification difficult for beginning readers. Our thesis aims at evaluating the presence of morphological processes in the recognition of written words, with 139 Lebanese children, from the first to the fourth grade. In a first cross-sectional study, we examined the effect of root and pattern frequency on reading and the contribution of morphological and phonological knowledge to the reading of words and pseudowords and to the comprehension of written words. In the second study, we looked for the presence of this effect in spelling. The third study is longitudinal. The same children carried out, one year after the first evaluation, the tests of the cross-sectional study.The results suggest that the ability to read and spell in Arabic is influenced very early by the awareness of the morphological composition, more specifically the familiarity with the patterns. / Les études sur les langues alphabétiques suggèrent la présence de traitements morphologiques en lecture même en début d’apprentissage (Casalis et al, 2015). Les spécificités linguistiques de l’arabe, plus particulièrement la richesse en dérivations morphologiques, pourraient avoir des implications sur l’acquisition de la lecture et de l’orthographe. Les études par des techniques d’amorçage ont montré une décomposition morphologique des mots en arabe chez le lecteur expert (Boudelaa et Marslen-Wilson, 2015) mais il n’y a presque pas de recherches disponibles sur le début d’apprentissage. Par ailleurs, les mots dérivés en arabe (exemple :kātib) sont formés à partir de la combinaison d’une racine consonantique (k-t-b) et d’un schème vocalique (_ā_i_). Ces deux morphèmes ne peuvent être isolés auditivement ou visuellement en unités indépendantes mais ils font partie d’une représentation mentale abstraite. Ceci pourrait rendre leur identification difficile pour des apprentis lecteurs. Notre thèse vise l’évaluation de la présence de traitements morphologiques dans la reconnaissance des mots écrits, auprès de 139 enfants libanais, de la première à la quatrième année de primaire. Dans une première étude transversale, nous avons examiné l’effet de la fréquence de la racine et du schème sur la lecture ainsi que la contribution des connaissances morphologiques et phonologiques à la lecture de mots et de pseudomots et à la compréhension de mots écrits. Dans la deuxième étude, nous avons recherché la présence de cet effet en orthographe. La troisième étude est longitudinale. Les mêmes enfants ont effectué, un an après la première passation, les tests de l’étude transversale.Les résultats suggèrent que la capacité de lecture et d’orthographe en arabe est influencée très tôt par la prise de conscience de la composition morphologique, plus spécifiquement la familiarité avec les schèmes. / Doctorat en Sciences psychologiques et de l'éducation / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

ALMEIDA, Daniele Cristina de. Tratamento didático do apagamento e inserção da rótica em coda final de verbos. 2016. 120f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras, Fortaleza (CE), 2016. / Submitted by Gustavo Daher (gdaherufc@hotmail.com) on 2017-02-23T15:17:21Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_dcalmeida.pdf: 3116344 bytes, checksum: 45111f1f08b718d872d0b39cdec0a655 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-03-03T13:27:17Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_dcalmeida.pdf: 3116344 bytes, checksum: 45111f1f08b718d872d0b39cdec0a655 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-03T13:27:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_dcalmeida.pdf: 3116344 bytes, checksum: 45111f1f08b718d872d0b39cdec0a655 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016 / Orthographic norms are social conventions designed to facilitate written communication. The school has the role of developing activities that promote the appropriation of the rules by the students, and the Portuguese teacher is responsible for including in their teaching practices the study of the correct notation the written language, since knowledge of spelling has social relevance and are necessary for the competent use of the language. However, learners show difficulties in spelling, even in the final grades of middle school. Many of these difficulties are related to oral language, often their texts present several words written as they are pronounded. It is clear that the students do not have the mastery of the orthographic system and they do not know the differences between written language and oral language. It is necessary, therefore, that a pedagogical work be developed by the teacher so that the students overcome these difficulties. Thus, this work has as objective the treatment of two specific and interrelated orthographic problems: deletion of -r in the final codas of verbs in the infinitive, orthographic error of phonological source and the insertion of this rhotic at the end of words forming, unduly, the verbal infinitive, which constitutes an overgeneralization of the rule. Such spelling problems were the most frequent - in the texts of students from two classes of the 8th grade of middle school - analyzed in this study, hence the need for an intervention. For the theoretical basis of this study, some phonological processes presented by Seara, Nunes and Lazzarotto-Volcão (2015), the reflections and researches of Cagliari (2001, 2002b), as well as the studies of Morais (2007a, 2007b, 2007c, 2008), Bortoni-Ricardo (2004a, 2004b), Bortoni-Ricardo and Oliveira (2013), Callou, Serra and Cunha (2015) were considered. This study is a quantitative-qualitative action research. Firstly, a diagnosis was conducted with the use of essays to identify the most recurrent errors in the texts of the students in the first class; and a dictation of sentences to verify only the errors in focus in the second group, since such problems had already been selected from the initial diagnosis in class 1. For the treatment, periodic pedagogical interventions were carried out within the pedagogical time allotted to the Portuguese lessons. The activities were based on the reflection of writing with the support of texts in the different genres. The results pointed out considerable improvement in the correct writing of verbs in the infinitive. It was concluded that regularly scheduled orthographic activities generate positive results. / As normas ortográficas são convenções sociais criadas para facilitar a comunicação escrita. A escola tem o papel de desenvolver atividades que promovam a apropriação das regras pelos alunos, e ao professor de língua portuguesa cabe a tarefa de incluir em suas práticas de ensino o estudo da correta notação da língua escrita, visto que os conhecimentos ortográficos têm relevância social e são necessários para o competente uso da língua. No entanto, os aprendizes demonstram dificuldades na ortografia, mesmo nas séries finais do ensino fundamental. Muitas dessas dificuldades estão relacionadas à oralidade, não raro, seus textos apresentam diversas palavras grafadas conforme são produzidas na oralidade. Observa-se que os alunos não têm o domínio do sistema ortográfico e desconhecem as diferenças entre língua escrita e língua oral. É necessário, portanto, que um trabalho pedagógico seja desenvolvido pelo professor para que os estudantes superem tais dificuldades. Assim, este trabalho tem como objetivo o tratamento de dois problemas ortográficos específicos e inter-relacionados: o apagamento do -r em coda final de verbos no infinitivo, erro ortográfico de fonte fonológica e a inserção desse rótico ao final de palavras formando, indevidamente, o infinitivo verbal, o que configura uma hipercorreção. Tais problemas ortográficos foram os mais frequentes – nos textos de alunos de duas turmas do 8º ano do ensino fundamental II – analisados neste estudo, daí a necessidade de uma intervenção. Para a fundamentação teórica deste estudo, foram considerados, principalmente, alguns processos fonológicos apresentados por Seara, Nunes e Lazzarotto-Volcão (2015), as reflexões e pesquisas de Cagliari (2001, 2002b), bem como, os estudos de Morais (2007a, 2007b, 2007c, 2008), Bortoni-Ricardo (2004a, 2004b), Bortoni-Ricardo e Oliveira (2013), Callou, Serra e Cunha (2015). Trata-se de uma pesquisa-ação de caráter quanti-qualitativo. Primeiramente, foi realizado um diagnóstico com aplicação de redações para a identificação dos erros mais recorrentes nos textos dos alunos da primeira turma; e um ditado de frases para verificação, apenas, dos erros em foco, na segunda turma, visto que tais problemas já haviam sido selecionados a partir do diagnóstico inicial na turma 1. Para o tratamento, foram realizadas intervenções pedagógicas periódicas, dentro do tempo pedagógico destinado às aulas de língua portuguesa. As atividades aplicadas foram baseadas na reflexão da escrita com o apoio de textos nos diversos gêneros. Os resultados apontaram melhoria considerável na escrita correta dos verbos no infinito. Chegou-se à conclusão de que atividades ortográficas planejadas e aplicadas com regularidade geram resultados positivos.