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      Linguistic Challenges Lived by University Students in Bogotá in the Development of Academic Literacy Translated title: Retos linguísticos de los estudiantes universitarios en el desarrollo de la escritura académica

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          The focus of this paper is on the challenges that Colombian university students live when developing academic writing in English as a foreign language. At the macro level, it points to the importance of a theoretically informed understanding of teaching practices in ELT; at the micro level it intends to sensitize ELT practitioners, and particularly academic writing instructors, on the diverse challenges students - particularly non-native learners - experience when appropriating a largely unknown discourse upon entry to the university. Excerpts from participants in a two-year study intertwine with a theoretical discussion on academic writing are presented.

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          El enfoque principal de este artículo se basa en los retos a los cuales se enfrentan los estudiantes universitarios colombianos a la hora de desarrollar la escritura académica en inglés como lengua extranjera. A un nivel macro, se señala la importancia de una amplia comprensión teórica de prácticas de enseñanza; a un nivel micro pretende sensibilizar a profesores y maestros, especialmente a aquellos de redacción académica, de los diversos retos a los que los estudiantes, sobre todo no nativos, se enfrentan para apropiarse de un discurso mayoritariamente desconocido cuando entran a la universidad. Se incluyen extractos de participantes en un estudio llevado a cabo en dos años, los cuales se entrelazan con una discusión teórica de la escritura académica.

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                Journal
                calj
                Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal
                Colomb. Appl. Linguist. J.
                Facultad de Ciencias y Educación de la Universidad Distrital, Bogotá Colombia (Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia )
                0123-4641
                January 2009
                : 11
                : 136-148
                Affiliations
                [01] orgnameUniversidad Externado de Colombia orgdiv1Universidad El Bosque
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                S0123-46412009000100011 S0123-4641(09)00001111
                1a6d85a5-4f59-4847-9254-19057632d257

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 04 February 2009
                : 24 August 2009
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 32, Pages: 13
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                Reflection on praxis

                linear rhetorical structure,culturally sensitive instruction,context-specific instruction,academic writing

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