Abstract

SANTANA, Maria Luzia da Silva  and  FUKUDA, Cláudia Cristina. INTERCULTURAL FRIENDSHIP OF STUDENTS IN THE BRAZIL-PARAGUAY DRY BORDERS. Eccos Rev. Cient. [online]. 2020, n.52, e8372.  Epub Jan 29, 2024. ISSN 1983-9278.  https://doi.org/10.5585/eccos.n.52.8372.

Friendship between students of different cultures suggests the adoption of integration as an acculturation strategy and possibly affects the identification of the foreign student with the hosting country. This study describes the relations of Brazilian and Paraguayan students in a public school of the dry borders between the cities of Ponta Porã, in Brazil, and Pedro Juan Caballero, in Paraguay. 32 students aged 12 and 13 years old answered a sociodemographic questionnaire, a questionnaire about intercultural friendship at school, and a sociometric test. As a result, we observed the existence of subgroups in the classroom, as well as students who would pick each other as partners and students who did not get to be chosen for any work group. Though the minority of the students spoke Spanish and Guarani with their classmates, we identified friendship among Paraguayan descendants, Paraguayans, and Brazilian students, who would pick each other for work group.

Keywords : Friendship; School in the border; Interculturality..

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