Bilinguismo de alunos indígenas sateré-mawé nas turmas de 6º e 7º ano de uma escola pública de Parintins

Abstract

This work aims to understand bilingualism in the school context of Sateré-Mawé students from two classes of elementary school in a public school of Parintins. The research is qualitative in nature, having as the ethnographic method. Observation and the application of a questionnaire which offered subsidies to understand how the issue of bilingualism in the classroom actually occurs. For theoretical background, the studies of Salgado and Barreto (2009) on bilingualism and bilingualism, Albuquerque (2016), which contribute to the use of bilingualism in indigenous communities, Bortoni Ricardo (2014, 2011, 2008, 2005, and 2004) that contributes considerably to the development of research among other authors. In this way, it was possible to understand bilingualism within the school, identifying the difficulties of the bilingual indigenous student and how this influences their high affirmation as a speaking subject of two languages.