O processo de construção do letramento acadêmico em língua portuguesa por surdos universitários

Abstract

This thesis aims to outline the profile of academic literacy in Portuguese language of deaf students to project development possibilities of the literacy according to the needs of the university environment. For this, the thesis analyzes productions of reading and writing in Portuguese language from a group of Brazilian deaf college students in an online and distance learning course called "Academic Writing for the Deaf" based on three theoretical pillars: social interaction (Vygotsky, 1925, 2010) bilingual deaf education (LODI, 2004; SACKS, 1990, TABLES, 2000; BIRTH, 2008; MOURA E HARRISON, 2010) and studies of literacy as a social practice (SOARES, 2002; STREET, 2006; ZAVALA, 2010). The data generated by the activities of the course were compared with productions of the deaf college students in search of legitimization of our hypotheses. The key questions that have emerged from the development of the course refer to the construction of the academic literacy of deaf students in Portuguese language. The analysis of textual production activities was focused on three proposals of the production genre summary. We also analyzed some activities of reading and text comprehension performed by deaf students. The analysis revealed a variation in relation to the literacy of the deaf participants. We believe that much of this variation occurs due to the different education trajectories and language experiences the participants have had. Finally, we proposed some initiatives with the purpose of encourage the academic literacy of the deaf and also a greater university involvement in the task of linguistic inclusion of these students, promoting research and Portuguese language courses for the deaf, before and during college.