A Voz do Silêncio: mangá no processo de ensino-aprendizagem da língua brasileira de sinais

Abstract

The sign languages and comics share similar features, the visual experience is one of the most important, and it is also one of the cultural artifacts of deaf culture. In this regard, this study is an action research project whose aim is to demonstrate how the manga A Silent Voice (2020) can be used in the teaching-learning process of the Brazilian Sign Language (LBS) in a 4th grade class in the municipal district of Paulista-PE. Firstly, for our theoretical foundation, we seek to trace the roots of Western comics, emphasizing their relation to education, as well as the main features of manga. Then, we gave an overview of deaf education and the elements that constitute the language, as well as the importance of bilingual education and the use of comics in the teaching and learning of deaf and listeners. Through a questionnaire and interview, the students and the 4th grade teacher participated in the research, in order to answer the specific objectives: to investigate the students' previous knowledges about comics and the teacher's conception of their use in school; to discover the teacher's and students' experiences with the language; to identify the presence of the subject in the different spaces of the school; to analyze students' comic strips, taking into account the aspects discussed in the didactic sequence applied. We used content analysis to define four categories that relate to the results, also using aspects of semiotic analysis. The results indicate that school is a favorable environment for the dissemination of deaf culture and the manga contributed to the development of sign language knowledge.