Secretariat of Culture offers Basic Course in Libras

The course is 80 hours long and will be held at the Cineteatro Guarany, with classes twice a week. The minimum age to participate in the course is 16.

The State Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy will hold, in March, the Basic Course of Brazilian Sign Language (Libras). Enrollment is free and will take place, in person, next Tuesday (02/18), at the Assessorship for Inclusion of People with Disabilities at the secretariat. The minimum age to participate in the course is 16.

To enroll, just bring copies of your ID, CPF and proof of residence. The Advisory for Inclusion of People with Disabilities is located in Vila Ninita, attached to the Rio Negro Palaceon Sete de Setembro Avenue, 1.546, Center. The sector works from 8am to noon and from 2pm to 5pm. The limit is 45 vacancies.

The Basic Course of Libras has a workload of 80 hours and will be held at the Cineteatro Guarany, also in Vila Ninita, with classes on Wednesdays and Fridays, from 9am to noon. The instructor will be teacher Marcelo Costa, and the classes are scheduled to start in March, ending in June.

According to the advisor for Inclusion of People with Disabilities from the secretariat, Sheila Campos, the goal is to expand the knowledge about Libras, which has already been recognized as the second official language of Brazil.

"Our courses, which we offer every year, aim to promote the inclusion of deaf people in all sectors of society. We intend, still in this first semester, to offer an advanced course in Libras. In the basics, the student will learn vocabulary, loose words and small sentences," he says.

With information from the press