Developmental and acquired writing difficulties – synthesizing and deepening 20 years of research.

The aim of this sabbatical is to synthesize and deepen research from 20-years studies, by our group about writing processes and writing difficulties.

With the digitalization of western societies during the last decades, writing skills have become increasingly important.

Questions we have asked in our research are: What distinguishes written production from oral, how is it affected by genre and writing technology, why are writing difficulties even more challenging than reading dificulties and how can we support writing in persons with developmental and acquired language difficulties?

Several of our projects have included methological development. Together can our datasets contribute to answering more complex questions than each and one of them.

During this sabbatical I plan to write four different articles with the aim of increasing our understanding of the writing processes by persons who are challenged by writing.