Academic literacy before the problem of writing in the university context

Abstract

Writing is a necessary process for man in this action to communicate with others and to socialize being a key point, which allows the construction of knowledge. However, in the university context it is observed that there are deficiencies in the written productions made by the students, specifically when writing academic, scientific and related texts in the areas of studies of the same. A documentary review was carried out with the purpose of compiling the information referring to the problem of writing in the university environment, taking ideas from writers such as Diaz Barriga, Cassany, Alvarado, Marin and Carlino among others. Those who express, the complexity of this problem, so, it is convenient that the teacher proposes activities that allow the student to develop communication skills in the written product, both academic and technical content, so that it is able to generate their own texts in the university environment, which has its specific characteristics, which requires practice, through the use of specialized language product of previous readings, discussions, conferences, or other activities so that as the student puts into practice the knowledge acquired is growing academically in the creation of his written speeches through what is known as academic literacy