PROPOSTA DE UM GLOSSÁRIO DE SINAIS PARA TERMINOLOGIAS DA ÁREA DE ANÁLISE E DESENVOLVIMENTO DE SISTEMAS

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to develop a proposal to create a glossary of terms in Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) related to the area of systems development, specifically to the academic discipline of Database. This glossary was created by a deaf student of the Technology in Systems Analysis and Development course at Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano (IF Goiano), Campus Iporá, who realized that the lack of signs for specific terms of the area limited the transmission and learning of contents of the discipline. The study presents the perceptions of the deaf student regarding communication difficulties during the teaching-learning process, presenting the lack of signs for the terminology of this area as one of the limiting factors of communication. According to the deaf student this action may contribute to expand the lexicon of Libras, as it may encourage other deaf students from different areas of knowledge to create new signs as well. Thus, other deaf students are expected to contribute to deaf education in our country. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, it was necessary to translate videos in Libras and record the elaboration and description of the signs created by the deaf student, as well as the study of theories on deaf education and the issues presented. As a result, we present the elaboration of twenty suggested signs for specific terms of the Database discipline and their availability so that they are included in thematic glossaries to assist deaf students and professionals involved in the teaching-learning process.