ENSINANDO PARA O ESPELHO: uma proposta de material didático voltado para estudantes autodidatas de Português como Língua Adicional

Abstract

This research, designed based on an inquiry into the existence of a scarce scenario in the scope of Teaching Materials (TM) aimed at the study of Portuguese as an Additional Language (PAL) (Mendes, 2012), took a detailed look at the different realities existing in the area. From this perspective, self-taught students (Litwin, 2001) became the object of interest in this research to discuss the feasibility of developing TM. Therefore, this study has the general objective of reflecting the possibilities for developing and adapting TM (Leffa, 2007; Santos, 2020) for the PAL area focused on the target audience of self-taught students. Therefore, specifically, we aim to develop an TM exemplified from the construction of a model teaching unit, built based on bibliographical reviews and data collection carried out through a form with PAL students. From this, we understand that in self-taught learning the student is their own teacher, indicating paths and strategies to reach the goal of learning a new language. The qualitative nature of this research is justified by the need to objectively and subjectively analyze the data collected, as for the development of the didactic unit, it was necessary to take a detailed look at the individuality present in the PAL scenario (Santos, 2020). After the literature review, construction and application of the didactic unit, we concluded that the movement towards building TM in the PLA scenario covers specific needs of the area, including the process of adaptation and construction of TM. Therefore, building TM for self-taught students is one of the ways to identify content and applications that can be prioritized for this audience