Retextualization as a practice in speech language therapy with deaf individuals

The use of retextualization resources is a helpful way to let deaf individuals to produce textual writing gender according to orthographic and grammatical Portuguese conventions. In this way, this work aims to discuss the retextualization processes used as a practice in speech language therapy group sessions as a way for this population to make use of writing Portuguese language. In this research there are writing samples wrote by 8 deaf individuals that use sign language and writing Portuguese language. These papers were produced in group sessions, with deaf individuals, a speech language therapist and other professionals. The deaf individuals at first produced the samples in sign language, after that, they commented and discussed and afterwards the samples were retextualized through writing language. After the retextualization, deaf individuals were asked to read the texts and if it was necessary modify it. Following that, the deaf individuals and the professionals read the text again and retextualizes it in a final writing version. In the analyzed texts the retextualization operations used with more frequency were: syntactic rebuilds, rebuilt some structures to make the sentences inside the language rules, and stylistics treatment selecting new syntactic and lexical structures Through retextualization processes, deaf individuals start to consider Portuguese writing language and its social function, using this modality of language with more disposition and confidence.