Fomento de la lectura y escritura en otras lenguas en el ámbito universitario: experiencia didáctica con estudiantes del Northwest Cádiz Program

Abstract

This paper explores a teaching methodology —within the frame of Lin- guistics Applied to Language Teaching— for the development of written skills in other languages by college students. This propos- al has been designed as part of our teaching experience with students belonging to the Northwest Cádiz Program. Students from the Universities of Washington and West- ern Washington come to Cádiz to enjoy a language immersion experience. Written skills in Spanish as a Foreign Language (SFL) are encouraged by means of their exposure to printed texts in both English and Span- ish. This methodology favours contrastive analysis, translation, and the writing of aca- demic essays in the target language within the context of higher education.