Memórias de estudantes da educação básica sobre a pandemia

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has left lasting marks and consequences that will endure in the lives of those who faced it in the years 2020 and 2021. In the educational realm, the scenario was no different: the pandemic highlighted the immense inequality in Brazilian education. Considering this reality, this work aims to present reflections on the memories of students regarding the Covid-19 pandemic. Memories serve to portray recollections of a past time or era. When discussing memories, it should be understood that they seek to recall experiences, emotions, and feelings through language. This research falls within the field of Applied Linguistics, with ethnographic methodological guidelines (Lüdke; André, 1986). The analyzed data consist of narratives produced by students from two 8th-grade classes in a public school in the state of Alagoas, Brazil, in Portuguese language classes. The theoretical framework is based on the principles of Bakhtin (2003) and Marcuschi (2002) regarding discursive genres, Aragão (1992), and Halbwachs (1990) concerning the genre of memories. Based on the observations, the results indicate that the memories recorded by the students revealed that the pandemic period triggered a series of emotional and social factors in their lives. They also suggest that these Basic Education students significantly suffered the impacts on the educational process.