A barreira linguística e comunicacional entre os estudantes surdos e os ouvintes na Educação Profissional e Tecnológica do Ifac/Campus Xapuri

Abstract

The school inclusion of students with disabilities has been a constant concern in regular schools throughout Brazil, and this is no different in the State of Acre, specifically at the Ifac/Xapuri Campus, in light of the linguistic and communicational barriers faced by deaf students in the regular school environment. In this sense, the general objective of this research was to develop pedagogical strategies to minimize the linguistic and communicational barriers between deaf and hearing students in Professional and Technological Education at Ifac/Xapuri Campus. The specific objectives were: (a) to investigate the difficulties faced in interaction and communication between deaf and hearing students; (b) to evaluate the use of teaching Libras (Brazilian Sign Language) as an instrument of interaction and communication between deaf and hearing students in the school environment; and (c) to elaborate a guideline booklet with proposals for Libras teaching workshops focused on communication between deaf and hearing students in Vocational and Technological Education. This Dissertation was developed within the Graduate Program in Professional and Technological Education, at the Federal Institute of Science and Technology of Acre, under Research Line 1, Educational Practices in Professional and Technological Education, and Macroproject 2, Inclusion and Diversity in Formal and Non-Formal Educational Spaces in Professional and Technological Education. The research is applied in nature, predominantly qualitative with quantitative elements, and exploratory and descriptive in scope. The data collection instruments were a semistructured questionnaire designed in Google Forms and discussion circles with participants. Data analysis was carried out through Thematic Analysis according to Fontoura (2011), and the study was characterized as participatory research. The research was conducted at Ifac/Xapuri Campus with students of the second year of the Integrated High School Technical Course in Agribusiness – Class of 2024, which included a deaf student. The results revealed that there are significant linguistic and communicational barriers between deaf and hearing students in Vocational and Technological Education at IFAC/Xapuri Campus. It was also observed that there is an interest among these students in interacting and communicating; however, the lack of Libras knowledge among hearing students prevents effective communication. This research concludes that it is possible to reduce the linguistic and communicational barriers between deaf and hearing students in Vocational and Technological Education at IFAC/Xapuri Campus by offering Libras teaching workshops to hearing students, thereby enabling interaction and communication between deaf and hearing peers. As an educational product, a guideline booklet was developed with proposals for Libras teaching workshops aimed at communication between deaf and hearing students, with the purpose of reducing linguistic and communicational barriers, contributing to the full development of all classmates, fostering the elimination of prejudice, and creating an inclusive culture for deaf students in Vocational and Technological Education at Ifac/Xapuri Campus.