Entre Dicas e Sugestões: análise do Livro Ideias para Ensinar Português para Alunos Surdos

Abstract

This research paper sought to reflect on the education of the Deaf and Deaf with a focus on the teaching of Portuguese as a second language (L2), in its written modality. Many studies have shown that the conceptions of language and text have an impact on the work done in the teaching of Portuguese. Thus, we conducted an investigative study of the book Ideias para ensinar português para alunos surdos (Ideas for teaching Portuguese to deaf students) by Ronice Müller Quadros and Magali L. P. Schimiedt (2006), in order to understand which conceptions are present in the proposals of activities in the book, as well as the theoretical background presented by the authors and the discourse about this teaching modality. To this end, three conceptions of language brought from the field of Linguistics were addressed. The first one treats language as a norm or mirror of thought. The second one points out that language is a regulated code and has a communicative character, enabling the sender to transmit a message to the receiver. And, finally, the third conception is related to the perspectives worked by the currents of enunciation linguistics, emphasizing the context of interaction. In addition, we took as theoretical compass the contributions of Orlandi and Lagazzi-Rodrigues (2010), in the discursive perspective, and the works in the field of sociodiscursive linguistics. The organization began with the presentation of the authors and the book researched, a step that sought to shed light on the structure of the work, in addition to enabling the understanding of the conditions of production of the material. Then, an overview of the Deaf and Deaf Education contributed to reflect on the specificity of teaching Portuguese as a second language and on some aspects of bilingualism. Then, we tried to problematize the conceptions of language, bringing an exploratory and descriptive reading for our considerations about the activities proposed in the book. Finally, reflections were exposed based on the paths taken.