Abstract:
This article aims to identify the linguistic contents related to the teaching of reading in two training programs for literacy teachers: Brazil's National Pact for Literacy at the Right Age (Pacto Nacional pela Alfabetização na Idade Certa - Pnaic) and the National Program for Portuguese Teaching (Programa Nacional do Ensino do Português - Pnep) of Portugal. The focus is on the linguistic contents that served as foundation for the updating of teachers, in order to understand how scientific discoveries permeate the teaching field. Through documentary analysis, the structure and the organization of the two programs and their respective training contents are briefly presented. There are many similarities between the two programs, regarding the organization and the methodological strategies; but there are also differences in relation to the timeliness of the content offered to the literacy teachers, as well as to the duration of the training applied to the content. The linguistic training of teachers is essential to developing the competence for language teaching and, therefore; for the improvement of reading and writing skills of elementary school students.
Keywords:
literacy; language and education; teachers' training; teacher's update.