This study starts after the recognition of a need presented by deaf people when entering
higher education, as they face up difficulty in understanding specific terms of an area. Based
on a bibliographic data, experiences as a student at the Pará University State (UEPA) and an
exploratory research conducted in this study, allowed to observe the education of deaf people
from their visual experiences and their linguistic, which justifies the character of this research,
we seek to contribute directly to the education of the deaf in higher education, creating
strategies to support teachers in order to adapt complex content and streamline the content to
visual forms that take into account the specificities of deaf people. It is proposed a manual
with instructions for producing a bilingual application, which presents specific terms of a
certain area of knowledge. To prepare this manual, an application will be created for
Linguistic Processes, a fundamental discipline of the Language Degree Libras (Brazilian Sign
Language), offered by UEPA. The application presents: specific terms and their concepts, as
well as a brief example, texts and PDF files and contact with the teacher. The general
objective of this work is to conceive and develop a manual for the production of a bilingual
application (Portuguese-Libras) for teachers who work with deaf students, from the Language
Degree Libras, seeking to enhance the learning of the specific terms of the Processes
discipline Linguistic. The specific objectives that will guide the stages of this work are: To
carry out bibliographic research about a bilingual application (Portuguese-Libras); Identify
terms that students have learning difficulties in the discipline Linguistic Processes; Translate
the terms, concepts and examples of the Portuguese language into Libras; Produce videos in
Libras for the application; Develop a bilingual application in the Linguistic Processes
discipline; Design and evaluate the manual; Disseminate the results obtained through
publication and presentation at events. The study carried out by research with a quantitative qualitative approach, in data collection was carried out through a questionnaire followed by a
semi-structured interview, allowing participation, bidirectional interactions. After researching
related works, an analysis was carried out on three applications used in the educational and
social environment, as an aid in communication between deaf and hearing people. However, it
was noted the lack of applications that presents an example of term-sign, allowing replication
of applications and texts in Portuguese related to the term-signs. Thus, an application was
produced in the discipline Linguistic Processes and, from this application, a manual was
created that allows teachers from any area of knowledge to create an application for the
discipline taught. This manual was tested and evaluated by nine participants, studying the last
year of the Language Degree Libras, six deaf and three hearing. After evaluation and analysis
of tests, a satisfactory result is recorded for use and dissemination of the manual.
|
