The role of the researcher's way of speaking on the construction of text comprehension

• Autor(es):

  Santa-Clara, Angela Maria Oliveira (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco);

  Ferro, Tícia Cassiany (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco);

  Ferreira, Sandra Patrícia Ataíde (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco).

• Fonte:

  Estudos de Psicologia (Natal); volume 9, número 2, páginas 335-341. Agosto 2004.

• Assuntos:

  language;

  verbal interaction;

  text comprehension;

  construction.

• Resumo:

  In the present paper the researcher's way of speaking is discussed from a perspective of social interaction, thus contesting the assumption of neutrality that has traditionally been attributed to it. The main purpose is to verify the influence of a researcher's verbal interventions on the construction of text comprehension of a ten-year-old fourth grade student at a private school in the city of Recife. A narrative followed by seven questions composed the text comprehension task. The student was told to read the narrative and then to answer the researcher's questions orally. A qualitative analysis of the dialogue between student and researcher showed that the discursive movements that occurred during the interaction led to two significant changes: first, the researcher was able to break from the previously established routine; and second, there was a qualitative change on the textual representation initially constructed by the child. The latter of the two changes is seen as important evidence contradicting the assumption of language neutrality.

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