Materiais didáticos visuais como possibilidade metodológica para o ensino de Libras: a pessoa surda em foco.

Abstract

The recognition of Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) as the natural language of the Brazilian deaf community occurred only in the early 21st century, through the enactment of Law 10.436/02. This recognition granted deaf individuals the right to receive instruction in their natural language, however, there is still a lack of clarification for many Libras teachers re-garding the development of visual teaching materials for this purpose. In light of this, we conducted this qualitative bibliographic research aiming to investigate scientific papers published in CAPES and UFPB journals from the last 10 years (2013-2023) that address the creation of visual teaching materials for teaching Libras as a first language (L1). To gather the data, we used the following filters: production of visual material; and teaching of Libras. Using these filters, it was possible to select three works that met the previously established analysis criteria. Given the still very limited presence of studies addressing this issue, we present the visual materials developed by the main author during the creation of certain disciplines in the Libras Language program at the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), aiming to contribute to discussions on teaching Libras through visual means. The data demonstrate that despite deaf individuals being constituted through visuality, justified by the linguistic modality of Libras and visual input, the production of didactic material that addresses this subjectivity in the process of teaching a natural language remains scarce, prompting reflection on the methodological practices to which deaf individuals are exposed in the acquisition process of this language.