Abstract

GHIRELLO-PIRES, Carla Salati Almeida. Some questions about the oral language in children with down syndrome. Rev. Comunic [online]. 2016, vol.23, n.3, suppl., pp.259-273. ISSN 2238-121X.  https://doi.org/10.15600/2238-121X/comunicacoes.v23nespp259-273.

This study aims to produce Knowledge about oral language of children with Down syndrome (DS) in the stage of early childhood education, counteracting the pathologizing and reductionist perspective on how to set up the language acquisition of these individuals aiming to help them in this process and even their teachers. The study is anchored in the Theory Cultural History (THC), that believes that every child can learn, although it may do so in different ways, and this happens also with SD children who have specific in relation to the appropriation of language, but they go through the same steps as any child. Data were collected along in interactional situations and in different places. The results show that while passing through the same stages the SD children need a longer time to systematize the internalized knowledge, and noted the presence of phonological processes as desonorization, deletion of unstressed syllables and also the telegraphic style. This is the speech of any child, but children in SD will stay longer which lends a childish feature to their productions. In this process the presence of the mediator / teacher is crucial as provide models necessary for effective internalization of language, these children.

Keywords : Down syndrome; Language; Children Education.

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