%0 Journal Article
%T Linguistic Challenges Lived by University Students in Bogot¨˘ in the Development of Academic Literacy
%A Nanwani
%A Sanjay
%J Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal
%D 2009
%I Universidad Distrital Francisco Jos¨¦ de Caldas
%X 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.
%K academic writing
%K context-specific instruction
%K culturally sensitive instruction
%K linear rhetorical structure.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0123-46412009000100011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en