A aula de Língua Portuguesa como um espaço de promoção do letramento digital: uma proposta de trabalho com o gênero discursivo “meme”

Abstract

The objective of this article is to discuss the possibility of mobilization of digital information and communication technologies, in the scope of Portuguese language teaching, with a view to promoting digital literacy. For this, it presents a proposal of work, based on the approach of the discursive genre “meme”, in classes directed to a group of the 8th year of elementary school. Methodologically, there was an unsystematic observation of the classes, conducted under the theoretical and methodological foundations of Applied Linguistics, and based on recent research on the intersections between teaching and technology. The results show the proficuity of the presence, in the classroom, of genres emerged from the hypertextual environments, once a students’ greater engagement in the activities is perceived, as well as the development of their critical attitude towards contemporary social practices.