THE PRESENCE OF INTERLINGUA IN THE WRITING OF PORTUGUESE BY DEAF PEOPLE

Abstract

This article addresses the process of writing Portuguese by deaf people, with the general objective of listing some elements of the learning path of Portuguese written by these subjects. Among them is the understanding that the deaf person will bring elements of the structure of the Brazilian Sign Language – Libras to the writing of Portuguese. This issue is significant, because the deaf person learns written Portuguese as a learner of a second language. We adopted as methodological procedures a qualitative research, a bibliographic review and we used an action research. It was carried out in a state public school in the city of Recife (PE). A deaf student who used sign language participated in this study. In view of this, we emphasize the presence of interlanguage in the writing of Portuguese by the deaf person, as he is a learner of a second language and this is part of the process of construction of his learning. In this way, visual pedagogy is an effective way in the learning strategy of the deaf person.