Concepção e elaboração de materiais de ensino para povos indígenas: o caso apurinã

Abstract

It analyses the main theoretical, practical and methodological issues directly related to the conception and design of Apurinã literacy materials, a language without written tradition are addressed. Following a case study methodology, the research included review of the literature, data collection in loco, analysis of the results and their implementation through the design of the Apurinã literacy material “Escrevendo em apurinã”. The literacy material was constructed in close collaboration with the Apurinã native speaker Norá, aiming to present in a didactic manner the Apurinã written system. The work also discusses how the material was developed, which difficulties were attested during this process, which criteria were considered in the sequencing and general organization of the content, which difficulties Apurinã professors had in understanding and using literacy materials in the classroom, and which solutions were found. Finally, the work shows how this kind of research and the resulting material can contribute to the process of revitalizing of an endangered, minority, language, with no social prestige and spoken by a small part of an ethnic group.