O aluno surdo e a aprendizagem de inglês na escola pública regular: um estudo de caso comparativo

Abstract

The present research sought, through a case study - concept of Yin (2001, 2005) - to investigate the learning of English as a foreign language subject for deaf students in high school mainstream education. This study presents the experiences of four deaf people: two who have already gone through high school mainstream education and two who are currently attending it, and aims to introduce and compare past and present, as well as the positive or negative changes that have occurred in English classes for these students, mentioning the complement in the teaching and learning process carried out by Specialized Educational Assistance (SEA) in the school experience of these four participants. The method of data generation was a structured interview recorded on video, in which each of the participants answered five questions about the English classes in the mainstream period and their worldviews about the language. As for the results, it was found that there have been good changes in the teaching and learning of English in mainstream education, as the current students are in classrooms where, as far as possible, it is sought to engage them in classes, respecting their learning culture through visual resources, using the Brazilian Sign Language as a bridge tool in learning an additional language, as well as the use of technological resources, and the assistance of the internet, which contribute to the accomplishment of classes and other activities. The main theoretical frame of reference that underpinned this research were Almeida Filho (2010), Perlin (2014), Quadros (2019), Skliar (2012) and Spasiani (2018).