Facilitação da Compreensão e do Uso da Língua Portuguesa Escrita por e com Pessoas Surdas

Abstract

Considering the difficulties of the communication process between Deaf People and hearing people, this study intended to elaborate an Educational Product, in the format of a website, which strengthens the communication practices of the internal community of the IFMS with the PS, mainly through the LPE. This, considering the conceptions and knowledge about deafness, its specificities and sociolinguistic implications, from the view of students and professionals at the Institute, and from the testimonies of Deaf People about the relations of communication in a formal educational space, with a listener who does not master Libras. Basing the production of this resource, social research was carried out from an empirical, participatory and applied basis; observing those involved, applying a questionnaire and conducting interviews – in addition to constant bibliographical research, substantiating the topics covered, according to the conceptual bases that underpin ProfEPT. At first, the conceptions of students and professionals from the Campo Grande Campus of the Federal Institute of Mato Grosso do Sul on Deafness, Portuguese Written Language and Brazilian Sign Language were registered, both in relation to the processes of teaching and learning, as well as for communicability in an institutional environment; and later, stories related to communication in formal and professional education were collected, revealed by Deaf People who were/are in this context, as apprentices. After compiling the results of the methodological steps, a website was built with contents relevant to the themes: Deaf Culture and Identities, Brazilian Sign Language, Portuguese Language as a Second Language for the Deaf Person, Deaf Protagonism, and Literatures covering the subjects. The Product was presented to those characters from the second stage of the methodology of this research, with the purpose of validation. These people were invited to file statements again, at this time, about the possible impacts of the existence of this tool on the educational scenario they had mentioned. Reflecting on the considerations received, only after excluding publications, changing presentations of some texts and including new posts, was the final version of the Educational Product consolidated. It is expected that this will make the hearing person aware, especially those who have never had direct contact with the reality of a Deaf World, in addition to being efficient in training everyone involved in the professional training processes, especially regarding communication - and adequate access to information and knowledge assessment resources – through the written Portuguese language, considering all the linguistic specificities of the Deaf person.