Secuencias narrativas y enseñanza de vocabulario en la escuela primaria

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the narrative sequences that teachers andstudents produce during interactions generated in the classes of Natural Sciences ofpublic elementary schools located in the province of Córdoba (Argentina). Specifically, itwas proposed to categorize and describe the different types of narratives in which theteaching of words took place, as well as the conversational movements and discursiveacts that led to the treatment of vocabulary. A methodology of qualitative analysis wasadopted. The results showed that teachers and students jointly elaborated narrativefragments during a) conversations around an event built from images, b) conversationsabout past events, and c) conversations about future events. It was also observedthat the analyzed narratives provided an anchor to repair meanings, to introduceunfamiliar words or expressions, to expand information, and to correct a child's use ofa term.Keywords: narration, vocabulary, teaching, natural sciences, primary school.