O uso dos ícones em redes sociais no letramento de português como segunda língua para surdos

Abstract

Social networks have become increasingly prominent as communication and social interaction platforms. This context also includes deaf people, as they have also positioned themselves on various digital channels. Therefore, this work seeks to expose how icons present in social media applications can contribute to the multiliteracy of deaf students, in addition to enabling literacy in Portuguese as a second language. The objective is to analyze which visual resources are used for interaction and reflect on how they can contribute to bilingual education, in the context of interaction between Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) and Portuguese. Our theoretical basis is made up of Soares (2009); Kleiman (2005); Rojo (2016), Bakhtin (2016) and Santaella (2006). The methodology is a qualitative approach, of an applied and exploratory nature, The methodological path was based on a review of the literature on the use of social networks by the deaf community and its relationship with teaching. We have collected and analyzed icons present on Instagram, TikTok and Youtube. The results demonstrate that networks make judicious use of visual resources, causing greater familiarity among their users.