O papel da mediação na libras e a negociação de significados no processo de aprendizagem/aquisicão da língua portuguesa como L2 em crianças surdas

Abstract

The aim of this study was the comprehension the role of sign language in the learning process of written Portuguese by deaf individuals; how important is the shared prior knowledge in the writing in Portuguese by deaf individuals; how the process of writing/negotiating meanings/rewriting helps in learning the forms and structures of the Portuguese language in the writing of deaf individuals, based on the analysis of textual productions, as well as the recontextualization of the writing of two Brazilian deaf boys, Gabriel and Miguel, subjects in the research published on the book “O papel do outro na escrita de sujeitos surdos” written by Ana Cristina Guarinello (2007). In order to support the present study, theorists such as Pereira (2011), Sacks (2010) and Skilar (2016) were taken as theoretical framework to comprehend the historical background in deaf people education. As theoretical framework on sign language, language acquisition in deaf children and writing of deaf children, were taken theorists such as Gesser (2009), Quadros (1997, 2000, 2011) and Pereira (2011, 2015).