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The core goal of this research is to verify how the application of the "web language" used in
Virtual Learning Environments (VLE), over the mathematical symbolic language, can interfere in the
interpretation of mathematical problems formulated with the use of the web language. For answering this
question, a qualitative research mixed with quantitative aspects that can contribute for understanding the
phenomena's involved was held. The analysis of the data researched permitted to conclude that the web
language, conjugated to the media on it is inserted, can bring problems of interpretation and comprehension
about the statements of the problems. It is realized that the difficulties are more evident when the computer
media is used, rather than the paper media. The subjects manage to interpret in a correct way the statements
proposed in the web language, and they also manage to use the computer to solve problems that utilize
mathematical symbology, as long as they have access to the necessary resources. The junction of the computer
media and the web language presented difficulties to the participating subjects in the research. For remedying
or minimizing these problems, it is suggested that should occur an improvement in the communication between
the user and the text presented to him. To comply with this suggestion, the texts used in VLE must be elaborated
so that they are suitable to the form of reading practiced on the web. The use of these resources in the writing of
the text, if it doesn't guarantee the elimination of the problems observed, can open a new perspective of the
analysis for these problems.