Emilio J.

Gallardo-Saborido
Mayte Lara de Haro
Juan Antonio Núñez Cortés
Francisco Núñez-Román
Alicia de la Peña Portero
Gustavo Sánchez Canales

Slowly but surely: Expectations

and reality of academic writing
approaches in Spanish higher
education
1st Literacy Summit
Universidade de Porto
1-3 November 2018
Francisco Núñez-Román
Emilio J. Gallardo-Saborido

Academic writing experiences in

Spanish universities: the
University of Seville case

1st Literacy Summit

Universidade de Porto
1-3 November 2018
 Academic writing experiences in Spanish universities: the University of Seville case
Francisco Núñez-Román & Emilio J. Gallardo-Saborido

Table of Contents
Slowly but surely: Expectations and reality of academic writing

1. Context
2. Teaching
3. Research
approaches in Spanish higher education

4. Projects
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Context
Slowly but surely: Expectations and reality of academic writing

• Period: 2014-2018
• Number of Education
students : 5000 aprox.
approaches in Spanish higher education

University of Seville

Undergraduate degrees:
1. Primary Education.
2. Early-Childhood Education.
3. Sport Sciences.
4. Education Sciences.
MA degrees:
1. Teaching in Secondary Schools, vocational Faculty of Education Sciences
training and language centers
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Actions
Slowly but surely: Expectations and reality of academic writing

Teaching Research
approaches in Spanish higher education

Postgraduate / Publications
Undergraduate Staff

Academic Writing COST-Action

Workshop
5 teaching
innovation
projects
Writing Course
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Teaching. Undergraduate degrees

Slowly but surely: Expectations and reality of academic writing

Teaching Innovation projects

1. Teaching to teachers: boosting academic literacy through cooperative learning and

co-assessment in the Early-Childhood Education Degree (2014-2015).
2. Orientation and Tutoring Plan/Faculty of Education Sciences: FórmaTFG (2015-
2016).
3. Improving multimodal literacy in undergraduate students: new ways of Reading
approaches in Spanish higher education

and writing in digital environments (2015-2016).

4. Action Plan for Final-Year Essays/Faculty of Education Sciences (2016-2017).
5. Writing to learn: network of writing practices in the Education Sciences (2016-
2017).
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Teaching. Undergraduate degrees

FórmaTFG
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Aims: to create teaching resources in order to fulfill our

students’ needs in relation to the process of writing
their final year essays.

Target: final year students from the different degrees

of the Faculty of Education Sciences.

Structure:
approaches in Spanish higher education

- Module 1: information competences.

- Module 2: scientific literacy.
- Module 3: academic writing.
- Self-assessment.
- FAQs.

Participants:
- Department of Language Teaching.
- Department of Research Methods and Diagnosis in
Education.
- Education Sciences Library.
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FórmaTFG. Module 3: Academic writing

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Structure:
1. Structure analysis.
2. How to plan your writing.
3. The process and the act of
writing.
4. Self-assessment and academic
approaches in Spanish higher education

writing.

Aims:
- To develop students resources.
- Teacher guide.

Participants:
- Department of Language
Teaching
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Teaching. Postgraduate students / Research and teaching staff

Academic Writing Workshop (scientific papers and PhD thesis)
Slowly but surely: Expectations and reality of academic writing

Aims: the main objective of this course is the

improvement or development of students’ own texts
(papers, thesis chapter, etc.).

The contents of the course are addressed in a continuous

process of writing and assessment, resorting to a
approaches in Spanish higher education

combination of inductive and deductive methodology.

Likewise, scientific papers from different disciplines are
analyzed in order to find correct or erroneous examples
out.

Target: PhD students and research and teaching staff

from 3 different institutions

Structure:
1. Language and research
2. How to write a scientific paper
3. ICT resources for academic writing
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Teaching. Postgraduate students

Academic Writing Seminar. PhD in Education Sciences
Slowly but surely: Expectations and reality of academic writing

Aims: the main objective of this course is the improvement or

development of students’ own texts (papers, thesis chapter,
etc.).
The contents of the course are addressed in a continuous
process of writing and assessment, resorting to a combination
approaches in Spanish higher education

of inductive and deductive methodology.

Likewise, scientific papers from different disciplines are
analyzed in order to find correct or erroneous examples out.

Target: students form the PhD in Education Sciences

(University of Seville)

Structure:
1. Language and research
2. How to write a scientific paper
3. ICT resources for academic writing
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Research
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Gallardo-Saborido, E.J., & Núñez-Román,

F. (2016). La escritura académica en la
universidad: reflexiones y propuestas para
alumnos y docentes. En A. Gómez-
Camacho (ed.), La alfabetización multimodal:
nuevas formas de leer y escribir en el entorno digital
(pp. 69-86). Madrid: Síntesis.
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Research
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COST-Action Strengthening Europeans' capabilities by

establishing the European literacy network
Working Group 2: Developmental Aspects Of Literacy And Education In A Digital
World
Team: Academic Writing
approaches in Spanish higher education

Project: Dissertation/Thesis Writing Across Europe: Student Writers’ Experiences

Fig. 1. Journey plots from a Master Dissertation student

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Prospective projects
Slowly but surely: Expectations and reality of academic writing

• Establishing a Centre for Academic Writing in the University of Seville

(Teaching, Research, Dissemination).

• Developing resources for students and teachers (online and offline).

approaches in Spanish higher education

• Boosting the Writing in the Disciplines Network at the Faculty of

Education (University of Seville).
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approaches in Spanish higher education

Thank you
for your attention
Francisco Núñez Román fnroman@us.es

Emilio J. Gallardo-Saborido emilio.gallardo@csic.es