Textual genres and writing difficulties in specialized domains

Abstract: Writing is widely believed to be more difficult than reading comprehension. This difficulty is even greater for specialized texts; as a type of specialized communication, they must obey concrete norms, which can vary based on domain or textual genre. This article aims to identify the most...

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Autores principales: da Cunha,Iria, Montané,M. Amor
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Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Instituto de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje 2019
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-093420190001000042019-02-04Textual genres and writing difficulties in specialized domainsda Cunha,IriaMontané,M. Amor Textual genre specialized writing medicine tourism public administration Abstract: Writing is widely believed to be more difficult than reading comprehension. This difficulty is even greater for specialized texts; as a type of specialized communication, they must obey concrete norms, which can vary based on domain or textual genre. This article aims to identify the most frequently written genres and greatest writing challenges among different groups (specialists, students, and laypersons) in the specialized domains of medicine, tourism and the public administration and to identify the major writing difficulties they pose. A series of in-person interviews and online surveys were conducted. Quantitative and qualitative analysis shed light on the textual genres posing the greatest writing difficulties for the target groups and the causes thereof.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Instituto de Literatura y Ciencias del LenguajeRevista signos v.52 n.99 20192019-03-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-09342019000100004en10.4067/S0718-09342019000100004
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topic Textual genre
specialized writing
medicine
tourism
public administration
spellingShingle Textual genre
specialized writing
medicine
tourism
public administration
da Cunha,Iria
Montané,M. Amor
Textual genres and writing difficulties in specialized domains
description Abstract: Writing is widely believed to be more difficult than reading comprehension. This difficulty is even greater for specialized texts; as a type of specialized communication, they must obey concrete norms, which can vary based on domain or textual genre. This article aims to identify the most frequently written genres and greatest writing challenges among different groups (specialists, students, and laypersons) in the specialized domains of medicine, tourism and the public administration and to identify the major writing difficulties they pose. A series of in-person interviews and online surveys were conducted. Quantitative and qualitative analysis shed light on the textual genres posing the greatest writing difficulties for the target groups and the causes thereof.
author da Cunha,Iria
Montané,M. Amor
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Montané,M. Amor
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title Textual genres and writing difficulties in specialized domains
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publisher Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Instituto de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje
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