Abstract

SOUTO MANNING, Mariana. Circles of culture: Literacy as a process for social inclusion. Colomb. Appl. Linguist. J. [online]. 2004, n.6, pp.23-41. ISSN 0123-4641.

Historically, illiteracy has been a reality for Brazilians. This paper describes an adult literacy program currently in practice in Northeastern Brazil from a critical theory framework. The program described is based on Freire's circles of culture and its conception is that literacy is a process for social inclusion. Along with the description provided by the author, resulting from participant observation and review of literature, this paper includes the perspective of a student currently in the program. Further, from a critical standpoint, the author acknowledges many positive things already implemented and challenges for the future of this promising literacy program.

Keywords : Illiteracy; critical theory; circles of culture; social inclusion.

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