Políticas linguísticas na universidade: a promoção das línguas indígenas no curso de licenciatura em formação intercultural para educadores indígenas (FIEI)

Abstract

This article investigates the linguistic policies for indigenous people in Brazil. It also presents some actions related to linguistic policies for indigenous students developed for the undergraduate course: Formação Intercultural para Educadores Indígenas (FIEI) [Intercultural Training for Indigenous Educators] of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. In this course, six indigenous Portuguese languages are spoken, plus the Maxakali and Guarani languages.There is a constant concern, among the teaching faculty, to teach academic Portuguese without repressing indigenous languages. The FIEI has been constructing systems to evaluate indigenous languages, encouraging orality and writing, and developing pedagogical instruments to teach those languages. This text is intended as a contribution to the ongoing discussion. Keywords: Linguistic policies; Support indigenous languages; Undergraduate studies.