A leitura de imagens como estratégia pedagógica nas aulas de Língua Portuguesa

Abstract

This work aims at introducing the study of image dynamics and its multiple meanings and possibilities into Portuguese classes in the privileged context of school, since image magnifies the domain and reach of the language through the new technologies and demands of the contemporary world. The school environment was chosen because the expressiveness of the Portuguese language is frequently made possible and represented through figures of speech, studied in several segments of the schooling process. Moreover, the creative activity is also associated with the production of mental or formal images, and in verbal or visual production. The contemporary overflow of visual coding may suggest modifications in the thinking process. Preponderance of pictorial stimuli if compared with verbal coding influences the way individuals understand the world. Therefore, competence regarding language includes visual skills, besides verbal and written language. Innate competence for language inherent in man as well as the latter written records made to preserve knowledge and culture of singular groups are thus associated with the ability to communicate and transmit