Interaction in the classroom is an object of investigation in different research investments in the field of language studies. For studies in Applied Linguistics, among the challenges of the approach of the topic is found, as perceived Kleiman (1991), the understanding of the relationships between interaction in classroom and problems related to the teaching and learning process. Based on this perception, this study aims to describe and analyze the interaction in classroom literacy, in order to investigate the relationship between the discursive materiality and its didactic functioning (GOMES-SANTOS; ALMEIDA, 2009; MATÊNCIO, 2001; ROJO, 2007). From the theoretical point of view, this purpose is defined by the contribution both from studies on the problem of interaction in the classroom (MEHAN, 1979), as those occupied particularly the didactic nature of this interaction and the place of teacher's work in its configuration (SCHNEUWLY, 2009). The data generated consisted of monitoring a second year Elementary Class of a public school in Taboão da Serra, metropolitan area of São Paulo (SP), whose classes were the object of record audio and video, and field notes during the first scholar term of 2011. In this study, only a sampling of the corpus, corresponding to a teacher workday of literacy, is contemplated. The description and analysis of the data points to the interdependence of school activities proposed, the objects of targeted education and teaching tools used in the classroom: the ways in which these elements are combined can have effects on the interaction between teacher and students and unveil some of the challenges present in the daily work of literacy.
interaction; literacy; teacher's work
