Dicionários escolares: uma proposta de ensino do léxico para o ensino fundamental

Abstract

Reading allows enriching the vocabulary of a language. After all, you cannot understand a text without knowing its vocabulary. Thus, the knowledge of vocabulary is essential to reading comprehension, in the same way that reading has also a prominent role in the acquisition of vocabulary. The use of the dictionary in this context becomes an important resource as much to assist in the comprehension as in the linguistic output. Studies in Brazil have shown that school dictionary can contribute significantly in the language acquisition process of the student, in this way, the lexicographical proposals of school dictionaries should be designed to profile the specific audience, given its micro and macro-structural aspects. From this, the MEC has promoted since 2001 through the National Textbook Program (PNLD), the contemplation of lexicography in its free distribution of material to schools, selecting and purchasing dictionaries for the students according to their level of teaching. The use of the dictionary in the classroom contributes to the development of lexical competence of the student, as well as their reading comprehension. In this way, this research aims to develop a set of activities that develop the dictionary use skills to expand the lexicon that aims the reading comprehension. For this, the dictionaries of Type 3 will be used, which were selected and distributed by the National Textbook Program (PNLD) - Dictionaries, such as support and backing for the development of activities. These dictionaries are intended 6th to 9th grade of elementary school and have a proper lexicographical proposal to students of the last years of elementary school. Therefore, we developed a set of twenty activities designed to sixth and seventh year of elementary school and classified into abilities such as: macrostructure and microstructure. For each skill, we developed an activity, based on studies of Nesi (2003). We look for, that the dictionary be used consistently in the classroom, so that it becomes a present instrument of support throughout the school context and that reading is a continuous practice, not only inside the school environment, but also outside it, making the readers more autonomous and capable.