The teaching of portuguese language as L2 for the deaf in EJA: Possible paths

Abstract

The Education of Deaf Youth and Adults brings with it a range of challenges and specificities related to their condition of language acquisition. The deaf individual needs methodological adaptations in the learning of Portuguese, as a second language, in line with the use of Libras. Hence, the research question arises: What can be done to enhance the learning of the Portuguese language of the deaf in EJA?

Based on this questioning, the objective of this development research work is to reflect on ways to facilitate Portuguese language learning for deaf students, from a bilingual perspective brought by Pires (2014). The research objective is to find ways to provide contact with the language in a meaningful way that provides a certain degree of autonomy to deaf students, who, as Mota (2016) brings us, do not have stimuli to appropriate their identity. It is also intended to expand the possibility of access to a specific methodology adapted to the deaf public based on Fernandez (2018), enhancing the entry of these students into higher education, as well as the occupation of these subjects in prestigious social spaces.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2024.002-059