Mira Leal, Susana2012-08-202012-08-202012-06http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/144717th European Conference on Reading (Mons, Belgium, July 31 > August 3, 2011) - Proceedings.Policy on mother tongue education in Portugal is changing. This paper presents part of a study carried out in the Portuguese Archipelago of Azores in which we analysed the process of appropriation of the curricular transformations in the area by Portuguese language teachers. Here we discuss their awareness of and involvement in curricular restructuring, the changes they identify in the area and their opinions on those changes.engCurricular RestructuringCurriculum Appropriationconference object