Palavras de origem africana utilizadas no cotidiano : o glossário e atividades lúdicas como estratégias de ensino para surdos

Abstract

This intervention project aimed to work in the promotion of accessibility of information about the African - Brazilian culture in relation to the influence of African languages in Portuguese. The central focus of the proposal was the words of African origin that are used by many Brazilians in everyday life. The project was conducted with deaf students, and sign language users from a public school in the municipal network of Contagem. The project development occurred within a bilingual proposal with respect to culture, language and identity of these students. It also aimed to provide a deconstruction of debate in Africa related to hunger, slavery, poverty, disease and other stereotypes and also widening the deaf students vocabulary. Diversified activities were conducted in order to achieve these goals: surveys of words of African origin ; search words of signals; construction and application of games associating image, signal and word ; constructions of sentences by the students ; reading books and as a final product producing a bilingual glossary of sign language video format and a printed glossary. The results pointed to the contribution to the appreciation of African culture and gave students new words to learn, also acting in contribution to the deaf community, since it is intended, after completion of the full proposal, to provide the glossary site. It was found that an educational proposal that respects the particularities of the deaf subject, using visuals and recreational activities proved to be an important tool to promote access to knowledge.