Práticas translíngues e transculturais em sala de aula de português como língua de acolhimento (PLAC)

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze the translingual and transcultural practices present in the course of Portuguese as a Home Language (PLAc) at the Federal University of Grande Dourados, considering actions promoted by the professor in charge and by me in a class in the year 2022, in the face-to-face modality. Through interactions in class, it is intended to reflect on aspects of individual and collective appropriation of the Portuguese language by immigrant and refugee students. Situated in the Trans/Indisciplinary perspective of Applied Linguistics, the corpus of this research is composed of observations made in loco in the classroom, individual interviews and the researcher's field diary. This research is conducted within the interpretivist paradigm, characterized by a qualitative bias and based on an ethnographic approach. In addition, my own memory of experiences lived as a PLAc teacher since 2018 will be used. The analysis of materiality will have the theoretical support of decolonial studies, inter/transcultural language education, translanguage and studies on PLAC. The main focus of this dissertation started from a perspective on translanguage, which we imagine to be the most concrete in the answers to the question and the objectives in this dissertation. A study that was linked to the perception of language and identity, with an attentive look at each reaction of the new experiences with the participating subjects. Translingual practices present situations that problematize monolingual encounters, when bumped into identity and ethnic positions. For immigrant and refugee students in the Portuguese as a host language course at UFGD, who are in the process of learning a new language (gem), we can identify links between the named languages (in this case – Portuguese) and translanguage, collaborating with critical notions of identity. Therefore, the study may become a possible path for those who wish to get involved with studies of translingual practices with immigrants or refugees in vulnerable situations.