FORENSIC LINGUIST: A POSSIBILITY OF PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE FOR A BRAZILIAN LICENCIATE DEGREE IN LETTERS FROM IFRN?

Abstract

Write about this topic arises in the setting of concern regarding the future employment of the licentiate degree in letters, in the face of a labor market, in the field of teaching, increasingly limited and harassed by public policies of education Brazilian, mainly for the area of the Spanish Language. In this context, we aim in this research work to glimpse other fields of professional action, beyond teaching, specifically forensic linguistics. To achieve this, we resort to documentary, bibliographic and field research to find support for the understanding that a licentiate degree in letters would have other possibilities of professional performance. In the documentary and bibliographic research, we have focused on documents such as the pedagogical course projects, laws inherent to the subject, as well as seeking theoretical support in the thought of Colares (2017, Vichi (2021), Velasco & Vieira (2020), among others that would allow us to know, reflect and discuss the formation of licentiate degree in letters and the probable diversification of his performance and professional projection. In the field research, the data analyzed is a response to the semi-structured questionnaire research instrument that quite clearly reveals the lack of knowledge and information about other fields of action for a licentiate degree in letters other than teaching; We also concluded about the relevance of continuous training and specialized qualification to act in other fields such as forensic linguistics, because the training in Letters has all the initial input necessary for this field. We believe that this work is relevant because it brings support and information to define or redefine professional performance in an area that is, or is not, considered important for the Brazilian society, the teaching, and even more so, in the Spanish language teaching.