O uso do gênero textual tirinha (comic strip) como elemento de ensino-aprendizagem da língua inglesa

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the use of comicstrip as a textual genre facilitator in English language teaching and learning in the classroom, in order to evaluate the level of comprehension in English of both students who did activities that contained conversational situations in the comic strips as well as the students who did not do activities that did not contain conversational situations in the comic strips. Based on studies carried out by specialists in the field of textual genres, such as Almeida (2014), Arantes (2014), Barreto (2012), Brown (2000), Espuri (2013), Gaida (2006), Gonçalves (2009) and Tanito (2011). As a methodology, we used a quantitative methodological approach which encompasses a review of the literature followed by a field research. At the end of the tests and after the analysis of the results, it can be concluded that our hypotheses have been confirmed, given that students who used comic strips had better test scores than those who did not.