DIVERTLIBRAS: jogo de cartas com tabuleiro para o aperfeiçoamento dos conhecimentos de libras para estudantes dos cursos de graduação da UFPA

Abstract

This research aims to develop an educational product (PE) focusing on the improvement of cultural and linguistic skills related to Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) for undergraduate learners from Federal University of Para (UFPA). In Brazil, after a struggling period to conquer their spaces and rights in the society, deaf individuals have earned laws and guidelines that were approved and that establish rules for both inclusion of deaf people and insertion of Libras subjects at the undergraduate courses’ curriculum. On this research, the development of a card game with a board named DIVERTLIBRAS has the objective to be a ludic, dynamic and fun resource that will be used by the undergraduate learners from the UFPA, in the Libras subject, to optimize the time in this subject and promote the improvement of the Libras’ knowledge already acquired. The methodology adopted was the applied research with qualitative approach and two groups of students participated in the academic investigation: the first group was composed by the undergraduate students from the Pedagogy Course from UFPA – Castanhal, afternoon shift, they answered a questionnaire at the end of the Supervised Internship by the time they were presented to the PE as a protype; the second group and the target public refer to the undergraduate students from the Natural Science Teaching Course from ICEN/UFPA, night shift, they participated in the test and validate phase when the educational product was already structured. The instruments for data collection utilized during the research were two, a structured questionnaire with opened and closed questions (Botelho e Cruz, 2014) applied with either the first and the second group of students, and the focal group interview (Botelho e Cruz, 2014) implemented with the second group only. According to the data collected and after the data analysis, it was emphasized that DIVERTLIBRAS is a technological resource which achieves its goals, enabling the undergraduate learners to improve their Libras knowledge and promote sign language practice through interaction. Thus, it could be identified that the PE is a pedagogical tool which can contribute to Libras teaching and learning process and with the Libras subject at the undergraduate courses as well as promote a more effective time use of the workload of the discipline.