ACADEMIC-SCIENTIFIC LITERACIES:

THE TEACHING OF WRITING AT THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY – PARANÁ

Authors

  • Miriam Retorta Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4891-5659
  • Professor Federal University of Technology - Paraná
  • Fabiana Vanessa Achy de Almeida Federal University of Technology - Paraná
  • Jacqueline Andreucci Lindstron Federal University of Technology - Paraná
  • Evellyn Gasparello Federal University of Technology - Paraná
  • Caroline Dos Santos Federal University of Technology - Paraná
  • Thais Watanabe Federal University of Technology - Paraná

Keywords:

Academic literacies, Scientific literacies, Academic writing at university

Abstract

This study is part of the Academic Literacy Project (2019-2022), a collaborative study carried out among four public universities in the State of Paraná. This paper aims at describing the academic-scientific literacy actions in the undergraduate courses of the Federal University of Technology – Paraná, by means of mapping the courses transcripts from  Campus Curitiba. A mixed sequential exploratory method (TASHAKKORI; CRESWELL, 2007) was applied with interpretative, deductive, and inductive analysis procedures, considering the peculiarities of each course. At first, we built an inventory with keywords based on the conceptions of professional, academic, and scientific literacies. Next, an analysis of the content from the transcripts was carried out in the light of the theories and models of Academic Literacies (LEA; STREET, 1998; FIAD, 2011), named study skills, academic socialization, and academic literacies. Results indicate that there are few disciplines which offer the teaching of genre and, among the ones that do, focus on teaching of the study skills and academic socialization models. 

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Author Biographies

Miriam Retorta, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná

Bachelor degree in English Language and Literatures from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (1989), license teacher degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (1989), master degree in English language studies from the Federal University of Paraná (1996), doctorate degree in Applied Linguistics from the State University of Campinas (2007) and post-doctorate in Applied Linguistics from the State University of Londrina (2016). Works in the Academic Department of Modern Languages at the Federal University of Technology-Paraná. Currently is the leader of the research group Technology, Teacher Education and Literacies. Coordinates the project entitled Mobile, Digital and Multiliteracies to Visually-Impaired Students. Also concentrates studies on Assessment Literacy, Academic Literacy and Teacher Education.

Professor, Federal University of Technology - Paraná

Bachelor degree in English and Portuguese Language and Literatures from the State University of Ponta Grossa (1988), master degree in English Language Studies from the Federal University of Paraná (2005), and doctorate degree in Language Studies from the State University of Londrina (2016). She teaches English as a Foreign Language to High School and Undergraduate students at the Federal University of Technology in Paraná (UTFPR) - Campus Curitiba. She has been teaching English for about 26 years at the institution and her research interests include pre-service teacher education and foreign language writing, reading and speaking skills.

Fabiana Vanessa Achy de Almeida, Federal University of Technology - Paraná

Fabiana Vanessa Achy de Almeida is an adjunct professor at UTFPR - Federal Technological University of Paraná - Curitiba campus. She holds a PhD in English - Language Studies from UFSC - PPGI (Postgraduate Program in English). She conducted her Sandwich Doctorate (PDSE - CAPES) in Boston (MA, EU), at Harvard Medical School - Massachusetts General Hospital - Institute of Health Professions (MGH-IHP). He holds a Master's Degree in Letters - English and Corresponding Literature also from PPGI - UFSC and a degree in Letters - Portuguese and English from UEM (Universidade Estadual de Maringá). Among her research interests are the processes of acquiring a second language, mainly cognitive and metacognitive processes, and difficulties and disorders in learning. She is also interested in how these factors impact teacher training; especially literacy practices.

Jacqueline Andreucci Lindstron, Federal University of Technology - Paraná

Bachelor degree in History (1988) and   English and Portuguese Language and Literatures (1993) from the Federal University of Paraná, a Master degree in Linguistics from the Federal University of Paraná (1997). Professor of higher teaching at the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR) where she works with English language teaching and English Language Teaching Practice. Since 2017, she has been coordinating  Languages ​​Without Borders at UTFPR and is also the  general coordinator of the Languages without Borders.

Evellyn Gasparello, Federal University of Technology - Paraná

Evellyn Gasparello is an undergraduate student  at the English and Portuguese Language and Literatures Program at the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR) - Curitiba. She has participated as a scientific initiation fellow student in the project "Academic Literacies in Higher Education at the Federal University of Technology - Paraná" and currently,  holds a scientific initiation scholarship by the same institution in the project "Integrated Laboratory of Academic Literacies".

Caroline Dos Santos, Federal University of Technology - Paraná

Caroline dos Santos is an undergraduate student  at the English and Portuguese Language and Literatures Program at the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR) - Curitiba. She has experience in teaching English as a Foreign Language through the Institutional Program for Teaching Initiation Scholarships (PIBID). She has also participated as a scientific initiation scholarship holder in the project "Academic Literacies in Higher Education at the Federal University of Technology - Paraná", and currently,  holds a scientific initiation scholarship by the same institution in the project "Integrated Laboratory of Academic Literacies".

Thais Watanabe, Federal University of Technology - Paraná

Thais Watanabe is an undergraduate student  at the English and Portuguese Language and Literatures Program at the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR) - Curitiba.  She has also participated as a scientific initiation scholarship holder in the project "Academic Literacies in Higher Education at the Federal University of Technology - Paraná".

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Published

2023-03-02

How to Cite

Retorta, M., Gödke, A. V. B. B., de Almeida, F. V. A., Lindstron, J. A., Gasparello, E., Dos Santos, C., & Watanabe, T. (2023). ACADEMIC-SCIENTIFIC LITERACIES: : THE TEACHING OF WRITING AT THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY – PARANÁ . Educação Em Revista, 39(39). Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/edrevista/article/view/36627

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Vol. 39 (2023)

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