Blogs: innovative possibility for teaching portuguese?

Abstract

This paper aims to problematize the use of a blog as a tool for the teaching Portuguese. Blog, is a web page that is supposed to be updated very frequently through the placement of messages or "posts" consisting of images and / or texts, was created as a popular option for online texts publication, considering the fact that it does not require advanced knowledge in computer science. The study to be presented here is a descriptive research with a qualitative approach. The analysis was based on Miller and Sheppard (2004) excerpts from the concepts of Sociodiscursive Interactionism (ISD) of Bronckart’s framework of analysis procedures (2009, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008) and Bronckart and Machado (2009). The results indicated that the style of the blog studied emphasizes the personal and professional experience of its creator, because the content uploaded in the blog seems to represent the freedom of selection and presentation of the blogger. The blog is seen by the user as an attempt to follow the digital advances, through a technological determinism, without the use of the resource in all its potential for the teaching Portuguese.