O desafio de alfabetizar surdos em libras como língua materna (l1): um estudo de caso numa escola de ensino regular na cidade de Serra Talhada

Abstract

The objective of this work is to investigate the coherence between the official documents and the offer of literacy / education for the deaf in the education networks. For that, it was necessary a documentary analysis of laws and curricula that deal with education of the deaf at the federal and state levels. Field research was carried out with people involved in educational policies for the deaf in the Sertão do Alto Pajeú region (interpreters, GRE's “interim” manager, school principals, Serra Talhada education management coordinator). Finally, we conducted a case study (observations of classes and questionnaires) with actors from a LIBRAS literacy class at the Cornélio Soares school in the city of Serra Talhada in Pernambuco. Throughout the research, there was a lack of records on the history of education / literacy of the deaf, as well as studies about the legislation, so we believe that this research has contributed to the advances in the education of the Deaf, as well as in prioritizing literacy in the mother tongue and its inclusion in regular education, so that it has awakened a sensitive look at the valorization of this historical subject.