Jogos com materiais recicláveis no ensino e aprendizagem da língua brasileira de sinais – libras: relato de experiência

Abstract

This article reports on the implementation of the project "Games with Recyclable Materials in the Teaching and Learning of Brazilian Sign Language - Libras: an account of experiences". According to the need for the use and dissemination of Libras, contemplated in Law no. 10.436, of April 24, 2002, and Decree no. 5.626, of December 22, 2005, the choice of the study theme was based on a questioning about the existing processes for the teaching and learning of Brazilian Sign Language - Libras for children and how it would be possible to build new pedagogical learning tools with the use of games with recyclable materials to benefit the teaching of this language to student listeners in regular classrooms. Supported by renowned theorists such as Vygotskyana, Quadros, Kishimotoana, Gesserana, Chateau, Santos e Silva, this study confirms with propriety that playfulness, besides favoring inclusion, is an excellent didactic resource in the construction of knowledge, enriching the intellectual and social development of the student and taking into account the teaching and learning process through activities that arouse curiosity and stimulate children to acquire knowledge of a new language. The lack of pedagogical materials for teachers to carry out their work is a reality in most public schools, when it comes to learning a new language the challenge for students increases, however for the teaching of Libras this reality even more striking, was pertinent to study the search for alternative methods that helped the learning of Libras in the classroom. It was possible to realize the importance of the use of playful games built from recyclable materials to teach student listeners, arousing in children the interest in Libras, the inclusion of the deaf in the school environment and environmental education, also showed the importance of playfulness in teaching and learning this language. The locus of the research was a Public School in the city of Arapiraca - AL, in a class of the 5th year of elementary school, the study aimed to awaken in student listeners the interest in sign language, the deaf and make them students listeners and users of sign language, enabling communication between these subjects in society as a whole, the study was developed from a participatory methodology, for the effectiveness of the study we performed: expository classes of Libras, classroom dynamics to fix the contents taught, workshop for making playful games with recyclable materials, effective participation of students and researchers in the application of these games and supervised classes during the study period. During the course of the study, the acceptance and excitement of the students was verified, as well as the better assimilation of the contents of Libras. Through a qualitative research we proved that the strategic use of playfulness, allied with environmental education allowed the student to learn Libras playing, developing skills such as curiosity, creativity, communication, cooperation, self-evaluation, ecological awareness and citizenship.