Active Guarani Learning Resource: Development of multimedia resources to learn and teach the Guarani language online develops an open virtual platform with resources and web tools to teach and learn the Guarani language.
This resource contributes to the application of Law 4251 of Paraguayan Languages, it supports the management of the Language Policy Secretariat, the work of the Ministry of Education and Sciences and collaborates with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and is part of the Decade of Indigenous Languages, declared by UNESCO. The Guarani language remains as the mother tongue of a vast part of the population in the region and it is among the most studied indigenous languages.
The main objective is developing an open virtual platform with applications, resources, and web tools to teach and learn the Guarani language online. Paraguayan Guaraní is spoken and it has the first grammar and dictionary which were published in 2018 and 2021 respectively, by the Academy of the Guaraní Language. Information was collected on the subject of the processes of teaching the Guaraní language online in Paraguay through digital survey within informants in the country.
The theoretical knowledge and concepts related to the pedagogical teaching and learning processes applied by Guarani language teachers in the eastern region are investigated through digital questionnaires. This diagnosis on the management of the different available tools and the use in the process of acquisition and teaching of the Guarani language allows the planning and elaboration of thematic units for Levels A1 and A2 according to the European framework of reference for languages, applied to the Guarani language.
The design of the materials is carried out with the theoretical support of the updated grammar and dictionary of the Academy of Guarani Language, consultation of textbooks and elaboration of the didactic sequences by language thematic unit. The activities proposed were selected and designed according to the technical suggestion of the web designer and programmer, with the incorporation of visual resources available on the web for free or creatively designed by those responsible for each unit. The contents for the applications by levels and didactic units are available on the site: http://maitei.uni.edu.py/
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