Alunos protagonistas aprendendo a argumentar utilizando a rede social Facebook

Abstract

The present research aims to propose activities that develop students argumentative capacity enabling them to the conscious use of the types of the arguments. It was made on the basis of data obtained fromthe activities in a class of eighth grade of elementary school, E.E. Adalgisa de Paula Duke, in Lima Duarte, MG. We seek support in the following sources: Breton (1999), Fiorin (2006), Marcuschi(2008), Bakhtin (2000) (theory of genres); Lévy (1996), (technology education), Book view of the Portuguese Language Olympics(2014) and the National Curricular Parameters (1998). As methodology we employ action research. The project was made from a sequence of activities of an interdisciplinary nature, which included work king with math and Science, and had as its theme "ban on sweets in school", chosen by the students themselves. The strategies of work focused on the protagonism of the student, because the decisions were taken from your participation – which is an argumentative strategy. Facebook, from the constitution of a closed group where students interacted with the teacher, was used so that the students could argue on the subject in a more free and so they learn to express themselves in public place – social network. The project culminated in the drafting of a collective open letter, with the abovementioned theme that was disclosed for students in other schools in the municipality, at the local newspaper LD&CLA. The survey was implemented in the first half of 2017. During the procedure, were produced texts that became object of analysis to check the development of the students reasoning ability. From the results, we see greater awareness of students onhow to behave in discussions, change in the way they interact with each other and with the teacher, using arguments more persuasive and based on data and research, orthat is, use of types of the arguments.