Abstract

LONDONO-VASQUEZ, David Alberto  and  BERMUDEZ, Héctor L.. Literacy levels in University Students: Qualitative Interviews and Sociolinguistic Analysis. Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv [online]. 2018, vol.16, n.1, pp.315-330. ISSN 1692-715X.  https://doi.org/10.11600/1692715x.16119.

Findings from a research study on sociolinguistic analysis of the literacy levels of students from the University of Envigado are presented in this article, which is based on one of the author’s thesis for a Doctorate in Social Science, Childhood and Youth at University of Manizales-Cinde. This paper aims to make two distinct contributions to this field. On one hand, it highlights that it is common that young students start their university studies with extremely low literacy levels, which requires specialized efforts in the learning/teaching process of this population. On the other hand, the study provides some interesting methodological aspects, examining the possibilities offered by a sociolinguistic analysis of interviews in empirical research. The research design included an academic intervention, which was carried out with an experimental sample consisting of by 21 students who were in their first semester of an undergraduate degree. These students filled out a basic sociocultural profile survey, which was complemented with 5 qualitative interviews. In conclusion, the study identifies that a student’s biographical context since infancy and the institutions involved in their lives, such as family and school, are prevailing factors in the acquisition of reading comprehension and writing production competencies and discursive appropriation.

Keywords : youth; university students; superior teaching; sociolinguistics (Social Sciences UnescoThesaurus).

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