The capoeira game, as a motivational tool, for the development of reading, in a state school, in the city of Itabuna - Bahia - Brazil

Abstract

Capoeira or capoeiragem is a Brazilian cultural expression that mixes game, martial art, sport, popular culture, tradition, dance and music. Developed in Brazil by descendants of African slaves, capoeira is characterized by strokes and agile and complex movements, using primarily kicks and sweeps, as well as head butts, knees, elbows, aerial or ground aerobatics. Capoeira practitioners learn not only fighting and playing, but also playing the typical instruments and singing. Thus, 6th grade students of a state school in Itabuna City— BA, what  had difficulty reading and writing, they drew the attention of the capoeira master and the teachers. However, in capoeira classes, students were more motivated to read..Then, the problem that guided this research emerged, namely: how the capoeira game has been worked  to stimulate the improvement of learning in reading with 6th grade students at a state school in Itabuna City - BA? Therefore, the general objective of this article is to analyze how the master uses the game of capoeira as a motivational tool, in pedagogical practices, for the improvement of reading learning, among 6th grade students, at elementary education II. Thus, the use of reading strategies, starting from the diversity of textual genres, in a playful way, by using the capoeira game in the teaching-learning process, is a subject that is discussed in this research, because it is justified by the need to contribute to a improvement of the teaching and learning process, based on assumptions present at the BNCC.

Keyword: Capoeira, Promotion of Reading, Textual Genres, Playful