Assessment and English language development in an intermodal transmodalization process: from a short story to digital stories
Digital stories; Literary Literacy; Multimodal Literacy; Assessment Literacy.
The act of reading is essential for the formation of any individual. The literary text allows the construction of meanings that takes place through the interaction between the reader and the text. In turn, with the changes arising from multimodality, it is necessary to provide the student's performance in the production of different texts, whether verbal, imagery, visual or sound. Therefore, digital stories serve beyond the use of semiotic modes and resources, as they also promote the development of language skills. In this case, for this whole process, evaluating is something inseparable both for the teacher's work and for student learning. In this research, the general objective was to identify the benefits of using digital story production in storytelling activities and in the development of language skills in English. The theoretical pillars that supported this research were: 1) literary literacy (COSSON, 2014; PAULINO; COSSON, 2009; GOTLIB, 2006; among others); 2) multimodal literacy (GHIRARDI, 2017; GENETTE, 2010; 2006; among others); and 3) literacy in assessment (QUEVEDO-CAMARGO; SCARAMUCCI, 2018; LUCKESI, 2018; among others). The research methodology was qualitative in nature (DENZIN; LINCOLN, 2018; CRESWELL; POTH, 2018; among others); the techniques used were bibliographical and documental (PRODANOV, FREITAS, 2013; MELO ET AL, 2006; among others), the instruments chosen were a questionnaire, interview and logbook (QUEVEDO-CAMARGO, 2013; LAKATOS, MARCONI, 1989; among others ); the data analysis procedures were carried out with an interpretative content (MOITA LOPES, 1994). The results presented were mostly positive and corroborated the proposal of using intermodal transmodalization activities (from the short story to digital stories) for the development of language skills, to promote the use of literary texts in the classroom, to make use of modes and semiotic resources and raise reflections on evaluation practices relevant to students.