XVII Congress of the Brazilian Studies Association

Perspectives on academic writing in Brazilian universities: a socio-discursive approach

Session Submission Type: Complete Panel

Abstract

Considering the textual and discursive production of college and undergraduate students of Brazilian public universities, this session aims to gather the results of research groups interested in understanding how these students handle linguistic, discursive and social skills demanded by academic and scientific fields. All the studies to be presented in this session highlight linguistic and discursive issues throughout the production of academic genres, socio-cognitive and discursive processes regarding textual production, the rewriting of specific discursive genres and marks of pragmatic reflexivity in the learners' textual production. Each presentation relies on different methodological approaches, but they all bring conclusions that can be articulated towards a socio-discursive perspective on teaching-learning processes. The corpus of each study was compiled within the scope of the projects in the context of each participating university. The findings also emphasize the student's agency and reflexivity on writing processes in Brazilian academic environments.
These ongoing studies are within the scope of two national projects: São Paulo Research Foundation/FAPESP Thematic Project (no. 2022/05908-0) and National Council for Scientific and Technological Development/CNPq Universal Project (no. 404390/2021-8 and no. 407.593/2021-7).

Hybrid session. Link: https://SDSU.zoom.us/s/88623886716

Sub Unit

• XVII Congress of the Brazilian Studies Association

Individual Presentations

• Socio-cognitive processes in reading and writing academic texts - Anna Christina Bentes da Silva, University of Campinas; Rafaely Carolina da Cruz, Campinas State University - UNICAMP; Kennedy Nobre, Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira

• The use of connectives by Brazilian Portuguese Early Academic Learners Rodrigo Esteves de Lima Lopes - Rodrigo Esteves de Lima Lopes, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

• Unpacking undergraduates’ perceptions and reflections of academic reading and writing: findings from two Brazilian universities - Ana Amelia Rosa, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro; Edilaine Barbosa, Federal University of Grande Dourados; Thayse Guimarães, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados UFGD

• Teaching (re)writing at university: school literacies and academic literacies in conflict - Jully Liebl, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp); Cynthia Neves, Unicamp

• Reflexivity and difference in the academic-scientific writing: production and analysis of data - Manoel L G Correa, University of Sao Paulo

Chair

• Rodrigo Esteves de Lima Lopes, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Session Organizer

• Anna Christina Bentes da Silva, University of Campinas