READING AND LITERACY: A PROPOSAL OF ACTIVITY IN ENGLISH CLASSES

This study intends to bring some reflections about the objectives of English language teaching in basic education and its implications in the context of the public school. Specifically presents, discusses and proposes a possibility of development for an activity inserted in the didactic material Student Notebook (2009) of High School. This didactic proposal is based on the Guidelines of the Modern Foreign Language Curriculum of the state of SR) Paulo (LEM, 2008) and in line with the Curricular Orientations for High School (OCEM, 2006). These documents suggest that English language teaching should focus on activities that promote literacy and reading practices to promote student participation in different social contexts involving reading and writing in the target language. This means that the English language class should create conditions for the student to engage in activities that demand the use of the language from themes relevant to their social context through various textual genres.