A importância do letramento visual na aprendizagem de língua inglesa para alunos do ensino infantil

Abstract

This research discusses the importance and the role of the image in the learning of the English language for children in early childhood education, since in the initial series they make much use of them. This work had, as main objective, to analyze how visual literacy can expand and strengthen the concept of image as a text in the teaching-learning of English Language in children's education. The chosen methodology to execution of this study is descriptive, bibliographical and also quantitative, performed through an applied questionnaire for the teachers. To support this work, were used theories of multimodality researchers, such as, Kress and Van Leeuwen (2006), Cope e Kalantzis (2000), and Anstey e Bull (2006). Were also used researchers theory and commentators of the Visual Literacy, respectively, such as, Lida Cochran (1976), Santaella (2012), Dondis (2007), Holanda (2013), Almeida (2008), among others. In this context, it is perceived that the image produces and reproduces social relations, communicates facts, announces events and interacts with its readers through a similar force of a verbal text force. The preliminary analysis revealed that educators need to be attentive to the importance that the image exerts in contemporaneity.