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Academic literacy, genres and competences: a didactic model for teaching English to translation students

Liendo, Paula; Palmira Massi, María

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Academic literacy has been the subject of many publications in the last decade. Yet, the practices to develop it still need to be carefully contextualised, in accordance with the field of studies, the academic context, and even the language in which they are to be implemented. The aim of this work is to develop a didactic model that caters for the needs of (mainly advanced) students of a Certified Translation course. Achieving an acceptable standard of academic literacy involves linguistic and extra-linguistic –discursive, sociocultural, metacognitive–competences, together with translation competence. Additionally, the study of English from a contrastive perspective –regarded as a problemsolving task and applied at the lexical, syntactic, textual and sociocultural levels– is deemed unavoidable. This didactic model has an ESP (English for Specific purposes) and textual approach. The approach suggested for the implementation of this model includes metacognitive and metalinguistic reflection, cognitive and linguistic recognition and production, text analysis, design and assessment, discussion, negotiation, and social interaction.

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ELIA 17, 2017, pp. 251-272 251 Paula J. Liendo y Ma ía Palmi a Massi DOI:h p://dx.doi.o g/10.12795/elia.2017.i17.11 Es udios de lingüís ica inglesa aplicada ACADEMIC LITERACY, GENRES AND COMPETENCES: A DIDACTIC MODEL FOR TEACHING ENGLISH TO TRANSLATION STUDENTS ALFABETIZACIÓN ACADEMICA, GÉNEROS Y COMPETEN- CIAS: UN MODELO DIDÁCTICO PARA LA ENSEÑANZA DEL INGLÉS A ESTUDIANTES DE TRADUCCIÓN Paula J. Liendo Uni e sidad Nacional del Comahue, A gen ina [email p o ec ed] Ma ía Palmi a Massi Uni e sidad Nacional del Comahue, A gen ina [email protected] DOI: h p://dx.doi.o g/10.12795/elia.2017.i17.11 Academic li e acy has been he subjec o many publica ions in he las decade. Ye , he p ac ices o de elop i s ill need o be ca e ully con ex ualised, in acco dance wi h he ield o s udies, he academic con ex , and e en he language in which hey a e o be implemen ed. The aim o his wo k is o de elop a didac ic model ha ca e s o he needs o (mainly ad anced) s uden s o a Ce i ied T ansla ion cou se. Achie ing an accep able s anda d o academic li e acy in ol es linguis ic and ex a-linguis ic –discu si e, sociocul u al, me acogni i e– ELIA 17, 2017, pp. 251-272 252 DOI:h p://dx.doi.o g/10.12795/elia.2017.i17.11 Academic li e acy, gen es and compe ences: a didac ic model o ... compe ences, oge he wi h ansla ion compe ence. Addi ionally, he s udy o English om a con as i e pe spec i e – ega ded as a p oblem- sol ing ask and applied a he lexical, syn ac ic, ex ual and sociocul u al le els– is deemed una oidable. This didac ic model has an ESP (English o Speci ic pu poses) and ex ual app oach. The app oach sugges ed o he implemen a ion o his model includes me acogni i e and me alinguis ic e lec ion, cogni i e and linguis ic ecogni ion and p oduc ion, ex analysis, design and assessmen , discussion, nego ia ion, and social in e ac ion. Key wo ds: didac ic model; academic li e acy; ansla ion aining; ansla ion compe ence La al abe ización académica es un ema sob e el cual mucho se ha publicado en los úl imos diez años. Sin emba go, poco se ha esc i o sob e las p ác icas necesa ias pa a lle a la a cabo. Pa a ello, es undamen al desa olla ac i idades con ex ualizadas con espec o al á ea de especialización, el en o no académico e incluso el idioma en el que se impa i án. Es e a ículo desa olla un modelo didác ico pa a sa is ace los eque imien os de es udian es a anzados de la ca e a de T aduc o Público en idioma inglés. En es e caso, un ni el acep able de al abe ización académica implica la adquisición de dis in as compe encias lingüís icas y ex a-lingüís icas, como la discu si a, la sociocul u al y la me acogni i a, además de la compe encia aduc o a. Asimismo, en es e con ex o es imp escindible abo da el es udio del idioma ingles desde una pe spec i a con as i a, que lo conside a una ac i idad de esolución de p oblemas aplicada a ni el léxico, sin ác ico ex ual y sociocul u al. Es e modelo didác ico es á anclado en las á eas de inglés pa a p opósi os especí icos y el análisis del discu so. El en oque p opues o incluye la e lexión me acogni i a y me alingüís ica, el econocimien o y la p oducción a ni el cogni i o y lingüís ico, así como el análisis de ex os, y diseño y e aluación de ac i idades que incluyen discusión, negociación e in e acción. Palab as cla e: modelo didác ico; al abe ización académica; o mación de aduc o es; compe encia aduc o a ELIA 17, 2017, pp. 251-272 253 Paula J. Liendo y Ma ía Palmi a Massi DOI:h p://dx.doi.o g/10.12795/elia.2017.i17.11 1. In oduc ion Academic li e acy (AL) has been he ocus o ex ensi e esea ch and deba e in he las wo decades. I has shaped educa ional policies wo ldwide by eaching he speci ici ies o w i ing o each discipline. Uni e si y p og ams in La in Ame ica ha e also s a ed o include AL de elopmen as pa o hei cu icula (Ca lino, 2005 & 2013; Desinano, 2009; Na a o, 2012; Pa odi, 2005 & 2010). This a icle is based on he indings o Resea ch P ojec D-100, en i led “La comunicación académica: es a egias pa a el análisis y la p oducción ex ual” (2014-2017), which deals wi h eading and w i ing p ac ices and he dissemina ion o knowledge a Uni e sidad Nacional del Comahue and has as i s main aim he de elopmen o o al and w i en discou se in academic and p o essional con ex s. AL encompasses many di e en compe ences and ex ends ac oss a ious ields. S udies in AL ha e ocused on ins i u ional policies, class oom p ac ice and eaching objec i es, among o he a eas. Ca lino (2013), Desinano (2009) and Na a o (2012), o ins ance, ag ee on he need o de elop he so-called “academic compe ences” in s uden s, bo h in hei mo he ongue and in a second o o eign language. AL li e a u e is ex ensi e and easily a ailable, bo h locally and in e na ionally. Howe e , i is also wo h men ioning ha he p ac ices equi ed o he de elopmen o he compe ences needed ine i ably ha e o be con ex ualised. The e o e, di e en ma e ials should be designed, depending on he ield o s udies, he academic con ex , and e en he language ( he mo he ongue, o a second o o eign language) in which hey a e o be implemen ed. Some au ho s (Ca lino, 2013; P io & Bilb o, 2011) e en pu academic li e acy on a pa wi h second language acquisi ion, due o he encul u a ion p ocess in ol ed in bo h. This p ocess can be de ined as he acquisi ion o he s a egies needed o pe o m a social ac i i y success ully while ac ually aking pa in i . The aim o his wo k is o p esen a didac ic model designed o de elop AL and applied o he ad anced English cou ses o he T ansla ion P og am a Facul ad de Lenguas, Uni e sidad Nacional del Comahue. This model, called modelo/p oceso–p oduc o/ alo ación –in English, he sample/p ocess–p oduc /assessmen [SPPA] model (Massi & Liendo, ELIA 17, 2017, pp. 251-272 254 DOI:h p://dx.doi.o g/10.12795/elia.2017.i17.11 Academic li e acy, gen es and compe ences: a didac ic model o ... 2016), was de eloped as pa o he D-100 esea ch p ojec o s uden s o he Teache - aining P og am. This wo k explo es how o bes apply his model o s uden s o he T ansla ion P og am a he same acul y and uni e si y. This model looks in o he compe ences and s a egies ha s uden s need o de elop, as well as he po en ial ields o knowledge hey may ha e o add ess. Addi ionally, i gi es p io impo ance o he pa icipan s in he ac s o communica ion in ol ed and he academic communi y in which such communica ion akes place. In o he wo ds, he elemen s o any he o ical communica ion a e o be conside ed: who is w i ing/saying wha , o whom, and o wha pu pose. The nex sec ion summa ises he heo e ical ene s on which he SPPA model elies – he o ical and ex ual p agma ics, he con as i e pe spec i e, and English o T ansla ion Pu poses [ETP]. 2. Theo e ical F amewo k In o de o design a comp ehensi e model o he de elopmen o academic compe ence a uni e si y, some ames o e e ence and analy ical ca ego ies om cu en app oaches o Academic W i ing ha e been adop ed. One o hem is W i ing ac oss he Cu iculum (WAC), pu o wa d by Cha les Baze man (2005, 2012, 2013). WAC encou ages he exploi a ion o he he o ical and epis emic po en ial o w i ing in e e y ield o knowledge and subjec a uni e si y. Baze man sees w i ing as mul idimensional – including linguis ic, logical, he o ical, emo ional, pe sonal, social, and e e en ial aspec s– and sus ains ha gen es and iden i y (bo h disciplina y and pe sonal) a e closely linked and mu ually dependen . He claims ha we, as w i e s, eso o bo h o he dynamic o ganisa ion o he wo ld. Baze man goes beyond he linguis ic aspec o w i ing which implies amilia i y wi h a language and he abili y o use i e ec i ely. He ocuses on he cogni i e pe spec i e o w i ing, claiming ha , as lea ne s w i e, a “wo k memo y” is c ea ed. S a egies g adually become mo e and mo e “au oma ic” in his “memo y”, and his allows o g ea e a en ion o he p ocess o c ea ing “ ex ” (discu si e and he o ical aspec s). This shi s he ocus om he p oduc o he p ocess o w i ing, and i os e s ELIA 17, 2017, pp. 251-272 255 Paula J. Liendo y Ma ía Palmi a Massi DOI:h p://dx.doi.o g/10.12795/elia.2017.i17.11 a sociocul u al iew o he p ocess, whe e ad ancemen s in w i ing ake place h ough socialisa ion in di e en g oups, o ganisa ions o ins i u ions. This link be ween he ex and he social con ex enables unde s anding o gen e peculia i ies, po en ial signi ica ions, objec i es, a ge audience, discu si e iden i y, and posi ioning (Baze man, 2013). This social cons uc i is pe spec i e p o ides ca ego ies o he iden i ica ion o he key mechanisms o con ex ualisa ion as well as o he ecogni ion o he gen e o any gi en discou se. I eso s o ca ego ies om G abe and Kaplan’s (1998) psico-socio-linguis ic model o w i ing. This model, g ounded in e hnog aphy, sociolinguis ics and con as i e he o ic, a ou s conside a ion o he si ua ion o condi ions in which he w i ing p ocess akes place. Acco ding o his model, hese ques ions should be asked be o e se ing ou o w i e: - Who’s w i ing? - Wha ? - Who o? - Wha o ? - Why? - When? - Whe e? - How? (G abe & Kaplan, 1998) Ano he ame o e e ence adop ed is Gen e Theo y (Swales, 1990 & 2004; Bha ia, 2004; Swales & Feak, 2011), since i is ele an o he classi ica ion o ex - ypes and use o he language o speci ic pu poses. Academic discou se (also called disciplina y o specialised scien i ic discou se [discu so cien í ico disciplina o especializado, Pa odi, 2005: 26] is a case o “speci ic-pu pose” discou se, as i encompasses all he ex s ha i he speci ic con en ions o a discu si e communi y. These speci ic-pu pose ex s show ways o unde s anding di e en aspec s o eali y wi h di e se scopes, in o de o enuncia e knowledge and ans o m ELIA 17, 2017, pp. 251-272 256 DOI:h p://dx.doi.o g/10.12795/elia.2017.i17.11 Academic li e acy, gen es and compe ences: a didac ic model o ... i (Sca damalia & Be ei e , 1992), o build and ebuild knowledge (Swales, 2004; Baze man, e al.; Ca lino, 2005). Swales´ ene s (2004) also eso o discou se analysis ca ego ies such as global ex ual s uc u e o mac os uc u e –which obse es adequacy o con ex , au ho ’s in en ion and in o ma ion scanning be o e ex ualiza ion pe se, mic os uc u e – which in ol es choices in e ms o heme de elopmen , egis e and lexico-g amma ical inpu , as well as he o e all unc ion o he ex wi hin i s a ge communi y. The au ho s p esen ed sha e a common iew o academic w i ing as a p ocess guided by he communica i e si ua ion o which i is pa and he discou se communi y in which i is inse ed. They also p opose ce ain con en ional ea u es which cha ac e ise communica ion pa e ns wi hin a speci ic social g oup. 3. Model P oposal: Desc ip ion o he SPPA Model This model in ol es wo main s ages. The i s one – he sample/p ocess s age– s a s wi h he analysis o “sample” ex s which a e hema ically ela ed o a speci ic subjec . The ex s a e u he decons uc ed in o hei linguis ic, ex ual, pa a ex ual, and con ex ual componen s; and hese a e analysed and ca ego ised o he c ea ion o a linguis ic and ex ual “ ese oi ”, which is subsequen ly eso ed o du ing he w i ing p ocess. The second s age –p oduc /assessmen – in ol es he ealisa ion o he communica i e pu pose o w i ing, and he ex s p oduced by he s uden s a e ead by hei a ge audiences –be hose ellow s uden s, he eache , o somebody beyond he academic communi y–, who will p o ide hei assessmen in e ms o linguis ic, discu si e and con ex ual adequacy and allow o emedial ed a ing and eassessmen . SPPA – S age 1 (SP) As s a ed abo e, he i s hal o he p ocess combines me hodological app oaches o he analysis o au hen ic ex s. I is di ided in o wo pa s, S (sample o ex analysis), and P (p ocess o d a ing). In he i s (sample) pa , ex s a e ega ded as samples: no as ixed con aine s o p omp s o ELIA 17, 2017, pp. 251-272 257 Paula J. Liendo y Ma ía Palmi a Massi DOI:h p://dx.doi.o g/10.12795/elia.2017.i17.11 imi a e –as i has been he case in o he app oaches– bu as a sou ce o obse able da a ha posi ion he lea ne s wi hin he communica i e ac and allow hem o iden i y and analyse he he o ical ea u es dic a ed by he discou se communi y whe e communica ion occu s. In didac ic e ms, sample ex s guide lea ne s unequi ocally as ega ds he con en ions o di e en gen es, he linguis ic esou ces and s a egies ha wo k bes when p oducing a ce ain ex - ype, and he expec a ions on hei inal ou pu . The analysis o he samples is guided by wo kshee s wi h asks ha aim o sys ema ize obse able linguis ic egula i ies. Ac i i ies ocus on he con ex ualisa ion o he he o ical si ua ion: he speake /w i e , he opic (wha i is abou , including he p o undi y o he discussion and he ecipien ’s expec ed p io knowledge), he a ge audience (who o , including he deg ee o in imacy wi h hem, hei social s a us and ole, and he sha ed knowledge o he wo ld) and he pu pose (why and wha e ec he ex is expec ed o ha e on he ecipien ). Then, he samples a e explo ed in e ms o ex ual o ganisa ion (mac os uc u e), p o o ypical o ganisa ion (supe s uc u e), linguis ic ea u es and s a egies ( he ex p oduce ’s selec ion o lexis and syn ax o mic os uc u e), and g aphic ea u es (pa a ex ual o non- e bal elemen s). The o e all aim o hese ac i i ies is o de elop awa eness o he e iden co espondence be ween a gen e, i s hema ic con en and i s linguis ic ealisa ion. Figu e 1 illus a es he s eps co e ed a his s age. S (Sample) Gen e Iden i ica ion o con ex Pu pose o p agma ic aim In e locu o o audience Who? Wha ? ( heme) To whom? (audience) Why? (pu pose) How? Mac os uc u e and supe s uc u e Resou ce/in o ma ion selec ion and p o o ypical o ganiza ion ELIA 17, 2017, pp. 251-272 258 DOI:h p://dx.doi.o g/10.12795/elia.2017.i17.11 Academic li e acy, gen es and compe ences: a didac ic model o ... Mic os uc u e: he o ical choices Linguis ic ea u es (lexis, syn ax) G aphic ea u es Pa a ex ual o s uc u al elemen s ( i les, cap ions), g aphs, pic u es (non- e bal codes) Fig. 1. S eps o he analysis and ca ego iza ion o au hen ic ex s used as samples The p oposed asks a e ealised h ough ac i i ies such as p e- eading asks (con ex ualiza ion and p edic ion), s a emen o pu pose o eading, o mal analysis o ypical gen e ea u es, coope a i e e alua ion o comp ehension, and cons uc ion o con ex ualized social in e p e a ions h ough g oup discussion, among o he s. Once he ini ial eading pa is comple e, w i ing is add essed om a p ocess-o ien ed pe spec i e. Re lec ion upon he he o ical composi ion o ex s ac s as a igge o ex p oduc ion. Discussion o he con ex o si ua ion, he opic and he gen e o he new ex will esul in p elimina y planning, he ac i a ion o p e ious knowledge and he selec ion o opic acco ding o he po en ial audience. All hese s eps will lead o a i s d a , which will be submi ed o se e al e ision si ua ions by he w i e himsel unde he eache s’ supe ision. This will esul in ed a ing and eph asing. Finally, he ex will be assessed by pee lea ne s. I is wo h no ing ha ub ics will esemble eal con ex s and common uses wi hin he communi y beyond he class oom. The ollowing igu e illus a es he s eps o his p ocess-o ien ed app oach o w i ing. P (P ocess) Tex design 1 – indi idual (planning – d a ing – e ision – ed a ing – sel -assessmen ) Tex design 2 – pai -wo k (pee assessmen ) Edi ing, e ision and ed a ing o own and pee wo k Fig. 2. S eps and ac i i ies in a p ocess-o ien ed app oach o w i ing SPPA - S age 2 (PA) The nex s age in he implemen a ion o he SPPA model ocuses on he p oduc –o he s uden s’ inal ou pu (P). This is when he ELIA 17, 2017, pp. 251-272 259 Paula J. Liendo y Ma ía Palmi a Massi DOI:h p://dx.doi.o g/10.12795/elia.2017.i17.11 communica i e unc ion o w i ing is ealised; and i migh be ela ed o an educa ional con ex –as wi h academic essays, whose eade s and e alua o s will be he s uden s’ eache s and pee s– o a eal-li e con ex –as, o example, when s uden s w i e an academic a icle o e iew o publica ion in a gene al in e es magazine o academic jou nal. This s age in ol es e ision wo k –indi idually, in pai s o in small g oups– o assess hema ic p og ession and allow o ed a ing, i necessa y. Now lea ne s a e asked o ocus on he p o o ypical ea u es o gen e, con ex ual adequacy and use o he language, wi h he aim o de eloping me acogni i e –me alinguis ic and me adiscu si e– s a egies and enhancing au onomy. A e wa ds s uden s a e in ol ed in indi idual e lec ion and ed a ing, and e en ually hey a e asked o e ie e a inal e sion. This s age is summa ised in Figu e 3, below. P (P oduc ) Indi idual, pai o g oup e ision ( ocus on p o o ypical ea u es o gen e, con ex ual adequacy and use o he language) Indi idual e- eading ( e lec ion and ed a ing) Submission o w i en ex Fig. 3. S eps o he p oduc s age The las pa o S age 2, he ac ual assessmen o he w i ing p oduc (A), in ol es bo h eache and lea ne s in a inal decons uc ion o he ex : who has w i en wha o whom, si ua ed in which discu si e communi y, and wha he in en ion o he w i e and e ec on he eade a e, as shown in he mic o ex ual selec ion o linguis ic inpu . This e alua ion ma e ializes h ough he eedback ecei ed om pee s and eache s. This is done h ough ela i ely s anda dised commen s –p e iously ag eed upon by eache and s uden s– unde ou main ca ego ies: con en ( ask achie emen , o he success ul ealisa ion o communica ion: adjus men o ub ics, hemes and sub hemes, ex ype and language unc ion); ex o ganiza ion (cohe ence and cohesion, adequacy o egis e and one in e ms o he a ge audience, layou o ex and pa a ex , pa ag aph de elopmen and opicaliza ion, use o s anda d ex ual con en ions –such as salu a ions in co espondence); ELIA 17, 2017, pp. 251-272 266 DOI:h p://dx.doi.o g/10.12795/elia.2017.i17.11 Academic li e acy, gen es and compe ences: a didac ic model o ... g ouped in hema ic uni s, which a e o ganised acco ding o g ading and sequencing c i e ia –namely, linguis ic complexi y, skills and s a egies in oduced– bu each uni is o ganized a ound a main heme o “ ield”, in Hallidayan e ms (Bake , 1992), and di e en sub- hemes. The ields a e selec ed in acco dance wi h lea ne s’ expec ed disciplina y in e es s: echnical, scien i ic, jou nalis ic, comme cial, legal, and cul u al /li e a y, among o he s. An in e disciplina y ocus is also encou aged, so ha a imes, wi hin one heme (such as “ he digi al wo ld”), some ex s ela e wo sub- hemes: one which is ela ed o he ield, and one ha is no ( o ins ance, an edi o ial abou Ame ican p esiden ial candida es’ use o social media and he digi al di ide). Fo o ganisa ional easons, and o enhance s uden s’ me adiscu si e compe ences, he ex s selec ed a e di ided in o wo ca ego ies; gene al in e es [GI] and academic o specialised in e es [AI]. Gene al in e es ex s a e d awn mainly om websi es and he mass media, and deal wi h cu en issues o egional, na ional o in e na ional ele ance. AI ex s a e selec ed om academic jou nals, specialised books, p o essional blogs, wo k manuals, legal ex s, and go e nmen websi es. As s a ed be o e, all ex s a e analysed as po en ial Sou ce Tex s (ST), in hei con ex o occu ence and wi h a speci ic ansla ion commission in mind. Thus, all p agma ic and discu si e a iables, such as sou ce, pu pose, a ge audience and in ended eac ion, egis e , one, s eng h o claim, and engagemen and a i ude ma ke s (Swales & Feak, 2011), among o he ea u es, a e aken in o accoun . In addi ion, a dynamic app oach o equi alence is also adhe ed o when i comes o he discussion o po en ial ansla ion p oblems and he selec ion o speci ic linguis ic inpu o in e linguis ic, in alinguis ic o in e semio ic (Jakobson, in Ha im, 2013 and Ha im & Munday, 2004). Ac i i ies a his s age include analy ical ques ions designed speci ically o he kind o inpu (w i en, o al o audiomedial), bu all ocusing on he discussion o : lmain he o ical ea u es: gen e, ex - ype, pu pose, a ge audience, and in ended audience eac ion; lgen e con en ions and p o o ypical o ganiza ion: s anda dized ex - ELIA 17, 2017, pp. 251-272 267 Paula J. Liendo y Ma ía Palmi a Massi DOI:h p://dx.doi.o g/10.12795/elia.2017.i17.11 speci ic linguis ic inpu (opening salu a ions in co espondence, an assessmen a he end o a e iew); cohe ence and cohesion; me hod o pa ag aph de elopmen ; use o punc ua ion; hema ic o ganisa ion and in o ma ion low; use o boos e s and hedges; p edominan one and egis e ; and use o i ony and o he igu es o speech; l ea u ed ph ases and clauses: in alinguis ic ansla ion (pa aph ase); in e linguis ic ansla ion (wi h commission speci ica ions such as skopos, con ex o publica ion, in ended audience); and discussion o po en ial ansla ion p oblems. Addi ionally, sample ex s w i en by o me s uden s a e included, o se e as inspi a ion, as well as o es ablish a benchma k as o he linguis ic and discu si e complexi y expec ed. The second s ep o his s age (p ocess w i ing) in ol es w i ing om a p ocess-o ien ed s andpoin . The e is a ocus on one ex - ype in pa icula in each uni , in he W i ing sec ion, bu w i ing –as well as speaking– is an essen ial pa o e e y ask. E e y w i ing ask is a p oduc ion ask which spins o p e ious ac i i ies. Lea ne s a e expec ed o use he disc e e- ocus linguis ic inpu hey ha e collec ed in he p e ious s age (ac i a ion o linguis ic and discu si e knowledge). I mus be no ed ha such asks a e always “si ua ed”: guidelines a e gi en as o he medium o communica ion, he s a us and ole o he w i e , he pu pose, he audience, and he in ended e ec . Fo ins ance, in he uni on Digi al Media, a e a gene al-in e es a icle on he pe asi eness o sel ies and he ise o na cissism, s uden s w i e an academic essay discussing some humo ous ca oons. They a e asked o iden i y he po en ial sou ce o he ca oons, he a ge eade ship and bias, o s a e which o he sub- hemes discussed in he a icle hey illus a e, and o iden i y po en ial ansla ion p oblems o publica ion wi h a simila eade ship and bias. The e is also a W i ing sec ion a he end o each uni , exclusi ely de o ed o he p oduc ion o a ex o a pa icula ype, wi h speci ic he o ical ea u es: a de ined heme, pu pose, a ge audience, and in ended e ec . In he case o he uni ci ed abo e, The Digi al Media, he ask in ol es w i ing news s o ies. Be o e he ac ual w i ing, a discussion is held o ei he sys ema ise o ecycle s uden s´ knowledge o he he o ical ELIA 17, 2017, pp. 251-272 268 DOI:h p://dx.doi.o g/10.12795/elia.2017.i17.11 Academic li e acy, gen es and compe ences: a didac ic model o ... ea u es o his ype o ex . Fo his pu pose, no es a e p o ided wi h w i ing ips, he s ylis ic and he o ical ea u es o success ul news s o ies, and s ylis ic op ions ega ding p o o ypical o ganisa ional models, leng h o sen ences and pa ag aphs, choice o ac i e o passi e oice, a ia ion be ween quo es and epo ed speech, use o ac onyms, o eign wo ds, and idioma ic exp essions, among o he s, depending on he newspape publishing i (quali y o abloid), i s eade ship ( a ge audience) and bias (pu pose and in ended e ec ). Following he s eps desc ibed in Figu e 2, s uden s plan, d a , e iew, ed a and assess hei own p oduc ion and hen submi a inal d a . 5.2. S age 2 – P oduc /Assessmen The s uden s´ inal d a is now pu o he es when i is sha ed wi h o he s uden s and he eache s. In o de o enhance lea ne s´ au onomy, me acogni ion and lea ning- o-lea n s a egies, he amoun o pee and g oup edi ing be o e u ning in hei wo k o g ading is high a he beginning o he academic yea and is g adually educed, un il s uden s a e asked o comply wi h a w i en assignmen in class wi hin a gi en ime amewo k and wi hou ecei ing any eedback om hei pee s. This p og ession owa ds indi idual wo k p epa es s uden s o a inal exam, which is a cou se equi emen , wi hou unde mining hei con idence and mo i a ion. The se o s anda dised commen s men ioned abo e ega ding con en , ex o ganisa ion, linguis ic choices and mechanical aspec s, as well as he se o ca ego ies in he edi ing guidelines, ha e p o ed ex emely use ul, since hey ha e acili a ed and accele a ed he iden i ica ion and subsequen edi ing o e o s and slips. Howe e , i has been obse ed ha some s uden s con inued making simila mis akes, and so a Sel -Assessmen Cha [SAC] was in oduced. This unc ions as an e o log, whe e s uden s ill in a able wi h he con es ed chunk ( he pa o he ex wi h he iden i ied mis ake), he ca ego y, he a e o ecu ence (how many imes hey ha e made such mis ake), an edi ed e sion, and he po en ial sou ce o he mis ake. This may be help ul in e ms o linguis ic de elopmen , bu i is also e y impo an o ainee ansla o s, as edi ing is a undamen al pa o hei u u e p ac ice. The same can be said abou he chance o ew i ing ELIA 17, 2017, pp. 251-272 269 Paula J. Liendo y Ma ía Palmi a Massi DOI:h p://dx.doi.o g/10.12795/elia.2017.i17.11 and ed a ing: lea ne s ha e s a ed o welcome his oppo uni y as a way o de eloping hei linguis ic awa eness and imp o ing hei a i ude owa ds mis akes. 6. S uden s’ and eache s’ opinions on he SPPA model and u he discussion Two ques ionnai es ha e been illed by he s uden s o Lengua Aplicada a la T aducción II and III a e comple ion o each e m in he las wo academic yea s (n 28), and hei answe s show a gene al accep ance o he model. A e y high pe cen age [89%] o esponden s belie e ha he ailo -made ma e ials a e use ul and ele an ; 93% conside he op ions o pee wo k a he d a ing, edi ing and ed a ing s ages bene icial and all o hem ha e s a ed a posi i e app aisal o he de elopmen o hei linguis ic and ex ual awa eness. F om he eache s’ pe spec i e, ha ing been in cha ge o he same g oup o s uden s o wo consecu i e yea s, despi e o he po en ial d awbacks, has allowed o a con inuous assessmen o hei p og ess in e ms o linguis ic, discu si e, s a egic, and me acogni i e compe ences. I has also e ealed he need o ocus mo e on s uden s’ me alinguis ic skills, since he eaching eams o bo h subjec s ha e obse ed he pe sis ence o ce ain ypes o mis akes in some s uden s, despi e ha ing add essed he linguis ic issue om a disc e e poin , a ex ual –and mo e communica i e– and a e lec i e –o pos -p oduc ion pe spec i e. As a consequence, he use o he SAC was in oduced his yea , oge he wi h he analysis o ex s om a ious sou ces –uni e si y websi es, ansla ion s yle manuals– and g ades o complexi y abou edi ing and p oo eading. Ano he aspec o conside in u he s udies is lea ne s’ a ying deg ees o backg ound knowledge and acqui ed s a egies as hey each he speci ic subjec s o language o ansla ion pu poses ( he las h ee yea s o he i e-yea cou se). Changes in he cu iculum we e in oduced only ou yea s ago, and an assessmen o he e ec i eness o such changes is s ill o be made. This is going o a ec he e alua ion o he linguis ic backg ound and needs o he s uden s. 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