The mandatory and supervised internships proved to be a great learning opportunity for this undergrad student majoring in Brazilian Sign Language at the Federal University of Amazonas - UFAM, it provided a chance for reflectance on the day-to- day teachings of sign language, on the future field of work, observing and noting on the necessary changes, while also analyzing the methods of teaching and evaluating the students and furthermore approaching the new reality of remote classes, a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The L1 internship was undertaken on-site at the Filippo Smaldone Institute, during the months of July and August of 2022, in Manaus. In total, three days worth of classes were attended in the eighth and ninth grades which were composed of predominantly deaf students. At the end of the internship this undergrad student was required to teach a class whereupon teaching theories would be practiced while the L2 internship was performed in remote format at the Center for Technological Education of Amazonas - CETAM during the month of October, 2021. Six classes were observed, in an Advanced placement group, using the Google Meet platform. At the end of the internship, this student was also required to present a class in order to test theories. This paper raises questionings on the current schooling of deaf people, points out practices that contradict theories studied during the undergraduate course, as well as the context of teaching Libras as a foreign language.
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