Narrativas bilíngues terena/português como material de apoio pedagógico para escolas terena da Terra Indígena Buriti

Abstract

This dissertation aims to provide support for the teaching and learning of the Terena language through bilingual Terena-Portuguese narrative texts. To this end, we present, within the socio-linguistic-educational context of the Buriti Indigenous Land (TIB), a voluntary initiative carried out by two Terena teachers (one of them the author of this dissertation) and a Purutuye partner (non-indigenous), who, together with a team of indigenous teachers, worked towards improvements in Indigenous School Education (EEI). The dissertation research combines literature reviews on the topics and issues with fieldwork conducted through participatory observation in workshops held at TIB by the voluntary action team. The fieldwork produced a corpus consisting of short narratives related to research practices, which in turn served as support for the formulation of lesson plans and proposals for educational materials for Terena-Portuguese bilingual teaching.