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STUDENT : LUANA JAQUILEIDE DOS SANTOS ALVES
DATE: 28/05/2025
TIME: 14:30
LOCAL: Google Meet
TITLE:

The Role of Themes in the Production of Opinion Articles by 9th-Grade Students

KEY WORDS:

Theme. Opinion article. Text productions. Didactic sequence.

PAGES: 140
BIG AREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Letras
SUBÁREA: Língua Portuguesa
SUMMARY:

The objective of this dissertation is to investigate whether specific topics in opinion articles can help stimulate the interest of 9th-grade students in producing coherent texts of this genre, ensuring alignment between thesis and arguments. The theoretical framework of this research includes the concept of the classroom as a space for fostering critical thinking, as discussed by Antunes (2003); the concept of text, based on Koch (2003) and Marcuschi (2008); the notion of theme, following Rojo and Barbosa (2015); argumentation construction, according to Fiorin (2015); the discursive genre with an emphasis on opinion articles, based on Bakhtin (2003), Castellani and Barros (2018); and the didactic sequences (DS) as a tool for data generation and pedagogical intervention, as proposed by Dolz, Noverraz, and Schneuwly (2004). The corpus of this study consists of 20 initial and 15 final opinion article texts produced by 9th-grade students at Escola Estadual Manoel Luís de Maria from Lagoa Nova/RN, Brazil. Regarding the research methodology, this is a qualitative research study. This approach was employed to compare the interest in producing opinion articles between students who chose their topics and those who did not, examining whether a) they completed their written productions and b) these productions demonstrated high-quality argumentation. Our initial hypotheses were that: a) the proportion of students who produced the requested opinion articles would be higher among those who chose their topics compared to those who did not; and b) the written productions of students who selected their topics would exhibit greater coherence between thesis and arguments than those of students who did not. The study's results indicate no significant difference between the two groups regarding the number of initial and final productions within the proposed didactic sequence. Data analysis considered possible positive and negative interfering factors, such as: a) the didactic intervention proposal does not have an evaluative character; b) generally low engagement in school activities; c) the motivating attitude of the teacher-researcher; and d) the activity’s connection to a practical reality for the participating students (the selection process for admission into technical courses at IFRN – Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte). As an outcome of this research, we developed an instructional booklet containing didactic sequences to support the pedagogical practices of other teachers.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 3217846 - RAFAHEL JEAN PARINTINS LIMA
Interno - 1168647 - MARIO LOURENCO DE MEDEIROS
Externa à Instituição - JACIARA LIMEIRA DE AQUINO - UERN