Formation of readers: an action to encourage reading with high school students

Abstract

Brazil has presented results below the estimated international average for the minimum requirements of competence in reading and writing, a situation that demonstrates the fragility of the Brazilian educational system and the distance between the legal affirmations of inclusion, citizenship training and school practices. Given this, the objective of the research was to reflect on the importance and emergence of pedagogical strategies that develop reading and writing skills and stimulate the taste for reading in students. This article deals with a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive research, where the results showed that the students of the 2nd medium year of the researched school, recognize the importance of reading, however, they face some barriers that often prevent them from acquiring reading competence. It is considered that the reading strategies presented in the Pedagogical Guide for Reading Incentives are capable of stimulating a taste for reading, developing critical-reflective skills and minimizing the problems presented.