LINGUISTIC JUSTICE AND CRITICAL INTERCULTURALITY: RESEARCH IN OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS FOR TEACHING IMMIGRANTS
Critical interculturality; Official documents; welcoming language; Linguistic justice.
This investigation, in the area of study of linguistic processes, aims to analyze the principles and foundations contained in official documents aimed at teaching immigrants who chose Brazil as their second homeland, especially the state of Mato Grosso. The concept of Portuguese as a Welcoming Language (PWL), in intersection, above all, with the concepts of critical interculturality and educational equity structure the concept of linguistic justice that make up the epistemological basis of this research. Events, of the most different natures, in the world, lead people to develop the desire to enter into a migratory process, being forced to seek better opportunities and living conditions, for themselves and their families, in countries close or far from their homeland. homeland. In the state of Mato Grosso, due to the intense flow of immigrants from different parts of the world, the State Department of Education of Mato Grosso (Seduc/MT) developed a policy to meet the needs of learning and developing knowledge of the Language Portuguese so that they are inserted in the world of work, as well as in the Brazilian social context. Based on Applied Linguistics (AL) studies, it is intended to analyze how and if the educational public policies produced in official documents – such as those of Seduc/MT – meet the assumptions of an intercultural education based on guidelines for pedagogical work regarding the teaching of the Portuguese language, considering the culture of immigrants in contact with the culture of the country that receives them. In this way, interpret how these documents are thought and, through reflections, analyze whether they contemplate the needs of immigrants, leading them to the critical development of cultural linguistic competence. As a theoretical contribution, the studies by Almeida Filho (1999, 2005, 2012) stand out; Bagno (1999); Barbosa (1886, 2019, 2020); Cunha and Handerson (2015); Santos (2002); Silva Neto (1986); Todorov (1999); among other authors with their definitions, characteristics, concepts and procedures, with the aim of bringing the understanding of a work that is structured and developed based on bibliographic research, as well as on lesson plans prepared for this specific audience.