The structuration of the scientific essay about intercultural contents and writing competences with university students
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- Universidad de Granada y Junta de Andalucía
Abstract
Organizing a text, in an argumentative form, is a first-order demand in university tasks because: a) it helps students to synthesize ideas and deepen the understanding and expression of their own knowledge in any area, and b) it contributes decisively to the construction of the cultural identity, from a critical perspective. A multimethod methodology is applied in this research, specifically: a) content analysis using NVivo software to describe grammatical structures and writing competences; and b) statistical analysis using SPSS program to find the
correlation between writing competences and the expressed structural elements. It concludes with the training needs of students for the development of the argumentative composition, and a didactic proposal that fosters intercultural written communicative competences.
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