A consciência fonológica na aprendizagem da leitura por adultos analfabetos.

Abstract

In this work we propose to investigate the learning of reading process by illiterate adults, exploring the changes in the perception of language as a result of literacy and the main factors responsible for the success of this process, such as phonological awareness, memory and the age of the individual. For this, we carried out an experimental research with a group of eleven illiterate adults, and a group of eleven ex-illiterate and literate in childhood, both from the same socioeconomic status. We applied a profile questionnaire, five tests to verify the knowledge in reading and one test to verify the memory. The results from these tests revealed that literacy allows the development of phonemic awareness – ability that is absent in illiterate participants - and it also improves syllabic awareness. Moreover, it was possible to the language limitation of the illiterate participants, because they present more difficulties in the repetition of words and pseudowords than the literate participants in childhood.