Consciência fonológica e a alfabetização de jovens e adultos: reflexões sobre o processo de aquisição da leitura e escrita

Abstract

In Brazil, in 2019, the illiteracy rate reached 11 million people, from 15 years old, who do not know how to read and write. Literacy is a complex and widely learned process that involves cognitive and linguistic mechanisms. Several scholars have dedicated themselves to better understanding how the acquisition of reading and writing takes place in the individual. In this scenario, phonological awareness has stood out as an efficient predictor for this process, but most scientific productions include children in literacy phase as target audience, and research with adults is scarce. Objectives: This research aims to understand how phonological awareness happens in literacy of youth and adults and to understand how this development influencing the process of acquisition of reading and writing. Method: The construction of this research occurred through a narrative review of the previous literature and is of a qualitative nature. Results: In this survey, it was found that phonological awareness influences the literacy process of young people and adults and they have a pattern of acquisition and development of reading and writing skills similar to children in the same school range