MEMORY OF WORDS: AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE LEXICAL SYSTEM IN THE CLASSROOM
Lexicology. Lexicography. Dictionary entry. Brazilian Portuguese.
In this work we intend to analyze the contributions of actions directed to the lexical formation of the Portuguese spoken in Brazil for the knowledge of the student. Specifically, we sought to apply writing strategies that favor the appreciation of African origin words that influenced the formation of our lexical system, enable the knowledge of the lexical contribution of African base incorporated into Portuguese spoken in Brazil, elicit in the student the most Broad about their linguistic identity, present the macro-genre dictionary by broadening the conception of use and purpose, and propose to students the production of the genre dictionary entry. The lack of systematization of the lexical content approach, specifically with regard to word performance of an African ideal in the formation of the Brazilian lexicon, in a 9th grade classroom of a public school in the state of Paraíba, led us to the following questions: how to develop a meaningful and systematized approach to the Portuguese language lexical system? What are the implications of this approach in the teaching-learning process? This has led to the need to elaborate and develop a didactic sequence that offers the possibility of working the lexicon more effectively through the dictionary entry genre. To do so, the present study is based on the following theoretical contributions: Krieger (2012, 2014), Santiago (2012) and Antunes (2012) in the studies focused on Lexicography and lexicon in the classroom; Mendonça (1972), Castro (2001, 2012), Lopes (2006), Silva (2009) as a basis for questions regarding contact between African languages and Brazilian Portuguese; Dolz and Schneuwly (2004) and Marcuschi (2008) in the guidelines on the elaboration of the didactic sequence. The methodology followed the action research assumptions of Tollollent (1986), Caleffe (2006) and Fritzen (2012) from a perspective to research data. As results, we intend to activate knowledge regarding the varied lexical formation of the Portuguese Language, allowing students to recognize their linguistic identity, as well as to verify the importance of the dictionary as a potential tool for working with the lexicon.