Competências de escrita em alunos universitários

Abstract

Written language is an important mean of communication, and access and representation of information, enabling at the same time the development and transmission of knowledge, In the context of higher school education, writting skills are essential when developing analysis, interpretation and evaluation skills. when developing reasoning skills, relating theory and practise , building up a conclusion, criticixing, processing informatiom etc. (Cabral & Tavares, 2005) Giving that writting skills are intertwined with many other skils, they are indisputably related to the academic sucess of students. This work presents a characterization of a group of first year students with regard to their writting skills, as well as a proposal to overcome difficulties and promove writting skills.