LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA COMO PASSAPORTE PARA A CIDADANIA: ESTUDO DE CASO COM IMIGRANTES HAITIANOS NO IFRS – CAMPUS BENTO GONÇALVES

The article approaches the teaching of Portuguese language for Haitian immigrants developed in the Extension Course for immigrants and refugees of IFRS-Campus Bento Gonçalves. The course methodological proposal is based on a theorical approach that takes Portuguese as a Host Language due to these subjects’ situation, who arrive in a social vulnerability condition, usually with low financial resources and worn out by the migratory process, worsen by the break of family, linguistic and cultural ties. This exploratory research carried out a case study with the Course students, in which a form was applied in order to chart the investigated group’s sociocultural profile. With the results it was possible to know the immigrants better and their real needs in relation to Portuguese language. The results also contributed to set out teaching methodologies and appropriated didactic material to the group, making the teaching-learning process more significative and therefore contributing to the social integration process.