Desenvolvimento de uma aplicação web interativa para contribuir com a alfabetização bilíngue de crianças surdas

Abstract

The literacy process for deaf children can be challenging due to the lack of educational resources focused on this audience. Thus, developing an external web application for the bilingual literacy of deaf children aged 4 to 5 represents a significant contribution, based on the demand observed by Libras teachers at UTFPR Pato Branco campus. Thus, this work presents a web application, created to provide educational content that teaches the recognition of Libras signs and the Alphabet Manual, relating sign language and Portuguese through playful activities. The application allows children to create personalized characters or load previously used characters stored locally in the browser without needing authentication. In addition, users can choose to register to manage multiple characters, customize activities, and manage rooms. The application includes a scoring system to track the user’s progress, increasing the difficulty of the activities according to performance. During use, the application provides humanized feedback to support children’s learning. The application was developed using NodeJS technologies to implement the back-end, and Angular and the PrimeNG framework to develop the front-end.