THE OTHER IN INSTRUCTIONAL TEXTS PRODUCTION OF HIGH SCHOOL

• Main Authors: Rafael PETERMANN, Renilson José MENEGASSI
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2017-12-01
• Series: Signum: Estudos da Linguagem
• Subjects: interlocutor; written; Instructional text
• Online Access: http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/26684/22838

This article focuses on the role of interlocutor / other in written productions of high school students, and its objective is to analyze the manifestations of the interlocutor in instructional texts produced by students from a private high school education in Paraná Northwest. The theoretical anchorage that supports the analyzes and statements are the concepts developed by the Bakhtin Circle and discussions of Brazilian researchers in Applied Linguistics. Data were collected from a writing activity proposed by the Portuguese teacher to 30 students in a multigrade class. Analyses were done in view of four categories of interlocutor´s manifestation: i) real interlocutor; ii) virtual interlocutor; iii) internal interlocutor; iv) higher interlocutor. The results of this study indicate that the interlocutor´s categories are marked in the texts, showing that interlocutor is a constitution element of written. Another result points to the fact that the higher interlocutor influences differently in the beginners’ and experienced students texts in the educational institution where the research was conducted. In the writing of experienced students, its influence is related to the organization of the text, lexical choice etc.