TY - JOUR AU - Souto Manning, Mariana PY - 2004/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Circles of culture: literacy as a pro- cess for social inclusion JF - Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal JA - Colomb. appl. linguist. j VL - 0 IS - 6 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.14483/22487085.105 UR - https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/105 SP - 23-41 AB - <p>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 Freireʼs 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.</p> ER -