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Writing at the university

Written by Anna Escofet Roig, M.ª José Rubio Hurtado y Liliana Tolchinsky

The production of written texts is a constant activity in higher education. Students, staff and researchers are constantly involved in writing for different purposes. This paper presents the results of an exploratory descriptive survey of academic writing programs in public universities around the world. The main aim of the survey was to compare the existing offer in terms of a number of formal features —curricular insertion, admission policy and periodicity—, and constant features —contents, activities, methodologies and evaluation—. Anna Escofet Roig, M.ª José Rubio Hurtado y Liliana Tolchinsky Key words: Written Text, Higher Education, Academic Writing. Buy