Portuguese as a non-maternal language: reports of Bolivian immigrants

Authors

  • Sidney de Souza Silva Instituto Federal Goiano

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/matraga.2018.33842

Keywords:

immigration, learning Portuguese, non-mother tongue, host language.

Abstract

In this study, we focused on the perception of Bolivian immigrants about how they acquired the Portuguese language in a situation of immersion due to labor issues in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Many claim that the limited supply of Portuguese as a Foreign Language teaching programs leads them to acquire Portuguese on a daily basis in direct contact with other Portuguese speakers, as a result of the needs of using this language in their daily lives. The data presented here are part of a larger research developed according to the principles of ethnography, which aim to understand how the Portuguese language, in this case not maternal, became part of the everyday life of each of the immigrants focused here.

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Author Biography

Sidney de Souza Silva, Instituto Federal Goiano

Doutorando em Letras e Linguística pela Universidade Federal de Goiás. Possui graduação em Letras pela Universidade Paulista (2004); mestrado em Letras e Linguística pela Universidade Federal de Goiás (2007). Atualmente é professor do Ensino Básico, Técnico e Tecnológico do Instituto Federal Goiano - Campus Avançado Hidrolândia. Tem experiência na área de Linguística, com ênfase em Sociolinguística e ensino de espanhol como língua estrangeira (ELE) atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: minorias linguísticas, imigração, bilinguismo, línguas em contato, aquisição de línguas e processos de leitura e escrita.

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Published

2018-08-30

How to Cite

SILVA, Sidney de Souza. Portuguese as a non-maternal language: reports of Bolivian immigrants. MATRAGA - Journal published by the Graduate Program in Letters at Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, v. 25, n. 44, p. 410–427, 2018. DOI: 10.12957/matraga.2018.33842. Disponível em: https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/matraga/article/view/33842. Acesso em: 24 may. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 44 (2018): Portuguese non-maternal language

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Linguistic Papers

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