Writing is rewriting

developing reading and writing competences in the context of speech therapy

Abstract

In this paper we are presenting a part of a qualitative and sociohistorical research, in which we propose a therapy based on Bakthin's theory about speech genres. Our objective was to analyze the contribution of this theory to clinical speech therapy field. We have developed a therapeutic treatment in a group formed by subjects who had complaints about their reading and writing skills. We have selected the following genres in our work: novel, play, synopsis and publicity poster. We have prioritized the genre play because the other genres were used as a part of an activity whose objective was to write a play, that was based on the adaptation of a novel read during the therapy, to publish it in a website and to stage it. Here we will present just the interlocution with one of the subjects of the group, the subject D, during the process of (re)writing the play. All data was analyzed according to the bakhtinian dialogism.