Digital technologies and multiliteracies: the production of a digital vocabulary from the lexicon of African languages in Brazilian Portuguese as a practice of teaching Portuguese

Ba tekinolozi ya ntama na ba nsangu ya kutanga mingi: kusala ndinga ya ntalu ya ba ndinga ya Afrika na ndinga ya Portugais ya Brésil mutindu mutindu ya kulonga ndinga ya Portugais

Abstract

This article aims to reflect on the production of a digital vocabulary lexicon of African languages in Brazilian Portuguese as didactic-pedagogical strategy in the teaching of Portuguese in the perspective of multiliteration.  Part of the problem that still persistent invisibilization of African linguistic heritages in school curricula, teaching materials and major lexicographic works, which contributes to the reproduction of linguistic prejudice and to the marginalization of repertoires associated with black cultures. It is hypothesized that the production of a digital vocabulary, based on Corpus Linguistics and modern lexicography, can favor multiliteration practices, promote an afrocentric language education and expand the linguistic and cultural repertoire available in the school space. The methodology adopted is of a qualitative nature, based on Corpus Linguistics, using Portuguese language samples from the quilombola community Mussuca in Sergipe. For the treatment and analysis of the data, we used the computational tool AntConc, combined with digital resources of organization and availability of vocabulary on an online platform. The results indicate that the production of digital vocabulary, configuring itself as an instrument of multiliteration that articulates language, technology and culture. It is concluded that this resource contributes to the valorization of African heritage in Portuguese, for the confrontation of linguistic prejudice and the consolidation of pedagogical practices aligned with linguistic diversity, Law no 10.639/2003 and the contemporary demands of Portuguese language teaching.