Desenvolvimento de um website com ferramentas de apoio ao ensino de português brasileiro para estrangeiros

Abstract

Given the growing demand for teaching and learning Portuguese for speakers of other languages, there is a need to strengthen and expand studies in the area and identify trends, approaches to implemented productions and technologies. Thus, there is a growing need to provide specific content, materials and media for this audience, combined with the use of available technological resources. The objective of this research was to develop a website with Brazilian Portuguese teaching-learning tools for foreigners. Methodologically, a survey was made of the tools currently available on other PLE websites. It was observed that most websites provide collections of theoretical materials and teaching materials (handouts, books, pages of content in pdf), which helped to choose those tools developed in this study. In summary, the tools developed were: a) Material Repository: categorized in the system by type (didactic or theoretical), by level (beginner, intermediate and advanced), title and keyword (metadata mechanism for searching materials by themes); b) Illustrative Dictionary: consisting of an entry, definition, image and audio; c) Entries in Scene: organized in title, image and associated entries. All these tools have an indication of copyright and, in the administrative profile, instructions and guidelines for the creator of the content. The teaching-learning tools were developed to be managed by administrative profiles that will allow freedom and autonomy to content creators. Thus, each tool has two interfaces, the first used by administrative profiles for the creation and administration of content, and the second for website users (visitors) to access it freely. With the development of these three tools, the website (canariomineiro.com) has the capacity to continuously increase its contribution to the learning of foreigners who seek to improve their knowledge of the Brazilian Portuguese language.