Research as a field of professional action requires that the dimensions of the being and of the teacher be made explicit through attitudes and skills from which the processes of innovation and educational and cultural transformation are based, coherent with the historical-social context of the moment. "Perspectives of Research in Pedagogy of the Mother Tongue and Literature" presents the academic discussion work developed in the VIII Colloquium in Pedagogy of the Mother Tongue, with regard to the methodical, theoretical and pedagogical statutes involved in the evolution of research on teaching - learning the mother tongue and literature, as well as the process of teacher training - researcher in this field.