In the present work we present part of a research that aimed at analyzing the contribution of Bakhtins speech genre theory for the speech therapy practice. In order to do so, we developed a therapeutic approach and applied it in a group care situation. The group was composed by five teenagers with complaints of reading and writing difficulties. In the present article we present excerpts of interlocution in one of the speech genres selected for the therapeutic work: the speech genre synopsis. The data was analysed according to Bakhtinian dialogism. The results lead to believe that the subjects were able to produce texts which can be considered adequate to the speech genre in question. The results suggest, in addition, that practices based on a discursive perspective were effective because the group -immersed in meaningful contexts of language use - developed linguistic and discursive competences necessary in reading and writing.
Complains of reading and writing difficulties; Speech therapy; Speech genre Synopsis