Adaptação de material didático de língua portuguesa: contribuições a uma educação bilíngue para estudantes surdos

Abstract

This study is situated within the field of Applied Linguistics and aims to investigate possibilities, challenges, and guidelines for adapting Portuguese language teaching materials for deaf students in Basic Education in Brazil, from a bilingual education perspective. It is based on the recognition of Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) as the first language (L1) of the deaf community and written Portuguese as a second language (L2), according to the legal and theoretical foundations that guide deaf education in Brazil. This is a qualitative research, basic in nature, and descriptive-explanatory in objective, developed through a critical systematic bibliographic review of studies published between 2016 and 2025 that address the development or adaptation of teaching materials for deaf people. The study articulates the fundamentals of bilingual education, discussions on teaching materials as instruments of pedagogical mediation, and contributions from multiliteracies studies, which provide a basis for identifying, gathering, and systematizing guidelines that are scattered across different studies on the adaptation of materials for this audience, in order to create a clearer and more organized framework for researchers, teachers, and others interested in the topic. It is expected that this research will contribute to more equitable pedagogical practices, expanding the debate on linguistic accessibility and strengthening bilingual education for deaf students in the school context.