Production and comprehension of written texts: a study of deaf university students

Authors

  • Maria Helena Fávero Universidade de Brasília
  • Meireluce Leite Pimenta Universidade de Brasília
  • Márcia Rangel Pacifici Secretaria de Estado de Educação do Distrito Federal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v11i1.6572

Keywords:

textual comprehension, written production, visual processing, deaf person

Abstract

Fávero and Pimenta (2006) demonstrated that the difficulties that deaf individuals experience in comprehending written mathematical problems is related to teaching professionals inadequate use of Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS) as an instrument for knowledge acquisition and for the organisation of symbolic meaning. In order to understand the irregularities observed in the literature regarding written production by deaf individuals, research was carried out involving six deaf subjects aged between 17 and 29 (four male and two female), of which five were college students and one was in secondary school. Subjects responded to a series of questions regarding comprehension of a newspaper article and evaluation of their own strengths and weaknesses in relation to textual production and comprehension. It was found that the subjects undervalued their textual production and comprehension skills, showed adequate textual comprehension and used visual processing in writing. Thus, the defence of sign language as the native language of deaf individuals is reiterated as is the need to take into account both visual processing and the development of syntactic and morphosyntactic awareness in the acquisition of a second language. We advocate further research which takes mediated activity into account, adopting the psycho-pedagogical intervention itself as the study method.

Keywords: textual comprehension; written production; visual processing; deaf person.

 

Author Biographies

Maria Helena Fávero, Universidade de Brasília

Professora orientadora do Programa de Pós-Graduação do Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de Brasília.

Meireluce Leite Pimenta, Universidade de Brasília

Professora da Secretaria do Estado de Educação, Brasília, DF; Pedagoga. Mestre em Psicologia e Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação do Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de Brasília.

Márcia Rangel Pacifici, Secretaria de Estado de Educação do Distrito Federal

Professora da Secretaria do Estado de Educação, Brasília, DF; Mestre em Lingüística pela Universidade de Brasília.

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Published

2007-11-30

How to Cite

Fávero, M. H., Pimenta, M. L., & Pacifici, M. R. (2007). Production and comprehension of written texts: a study of deaf university students. Interação Em Psicologia, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v11i1.6572

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2007)

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