High school students’ reading practices and writing performance

This research focuses on reading in high school. Its aim was to verify the relationship between performance in Portuguese, sociodemographic variables and the reading practices of male and female students regularly enrolled in secondary school. Reading is also understood as a cultural process in which "the meaning of texts depends on the skills, conventions and reading practices of the communities that make up their different audiences, whether synchronously or diachronically" (Chartier, 2009, p. 37). Reading is considered to be a process of interaction, in which there is meaning to be understood between author and reader. Aspects related to reading can be learned not only from school texts, but also as a form of entertainment (Gouveia, 2009). Reading is an active process of understanding and interpreting the text, which encompasses specific objects. May all readers enjoy reading this book and learn about the importance of reading for their education and life.