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ConocerLa Escritura; Thaiss et al.) . In the spirit of building an integrative vision of the contributions of teaching and research in writing in Latin America, this article offers an overview of what “writing studies” mean in the region.  \nThis account is informed by previous research data of disciplinary development, but it is still inevitably partial. Latin America is a complex territory, diverse in its languages and intellectual and cultural heritage. Educational needs and opportunities, as well as socioeconomic contexts, also vary across the continent. Our positionality as scholars trained in linguistics and education and working at research universities in Chile determines a certain limitation in our perspective that may leave out valuable programs and traditions of which we still know little.  \nHence, this paper builds on common nodes that have shaped the original contributions to Latin America’s university-level teaching of and research on writing. On the one hand, we will report on the particularities of university systems in the region, as teaching and researching writing are situated and respond to institutional needs and opportunities. On the other hand, we will explore the central role of language and discourse studies in the disciplinary development of the field and outline the current state of scholarship with particular attention to the production of writing knowledge and theory.  \nMassification, inclusion, and disciplinarity  \nin Latin American universities  \nThe university system in Latin America ranges from teaching universities to large research universities with international influence; from small, regional institutions to metropolitan campuses with hundreds of thousands of students. Yet within this diversity, we can highlight four commonalities that help to characterize our institutional particularities. First, enrollment expansion and diversification in the region have been ongoing processes for the last 40 years (Brunner and Miranda) . In some countries, the growth in private provision of higher education has been the primary mechanism for coverage; in others, the establishment of public universities in historically unattended geographic locations and an increase in funding opportunities (or the devel  \nComposition Studies 49.3 (2021): 171–175  \nopment of special admissions programs) have been instrumental for enrollment diversification (Chiroleu and Marquina; Santelices et al.) . This expansion, akin to other regions globally (Hoskins and Shah), has foregrounded questions around student writing. Moreover, this growth has been concomitant with reforms that advanced accreditation and accountability imperativesas well as student-centered teaching (Ávila Reyes et al.), all essential factors in the emergence of stakeholders’ interest in university reading and writing (Tapia Ladino et al.) .  \nSecond, undergraduate curricula are organized as discipline-based programs in most universities—General Education courses or leveling (propaedeutic) programs exist only in some institutions. This organization challenges the adoption of institutional responses to the teaching of writing, which may either be present at the beginning of university studies or scattered across programs. Thus, teaching writing in undergraduate education ranges from first year writing courses (Pereira) to writing courses specific to each discipline (Ávila Reyes et al.); from collaborative interventions specific to each domain (Montes and Vidal Lizama; Moyano and Natale) to tutoring programs or writing centers (Lovera Falcón and Uribe Gajardo) . As a result, ther","cbCairzkooJkCI6F","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairzkooJkCI6F","pdf",87675,"English","# On the Teaching of University Writing in Latin America\n## Massification, inclusion, and disciplinarity in Latin American universities\n## Disciplinary Origins and Evolution: Language and Discourse Studies","[{\"question\":\"What central purpose does the article serve regarding writing studies in Latin America?\",\"answer\":\"It provides an overview of what “writing studies” mean in the region, building an integrative view of teaching and research contributions at university level.\"},{\"question\":\"What four common institutional factors characterize Latin American universities in relation to writing?\",\"answer\":\"They include enrollment expansion and diversification, discipline-based curricular organization, time to degree in undergraduate programs, and the prominence of public universities with tuition-free or fee-remission access.\"},{\"question\":\"How do language and discourse studies influence the field’s disciplinary development?\",\"answer\":\"The paper emphasizes their central role in the field’s disciplinary evolution and outlines the current state of scholarship focused on producing writing knowledge and theory.\"}]","On the Teaching of University Writing in Latin America | PDF",1792088554,13]