Structural flaws in the writing of the argumentative essay at the university level

Abstract

The article presents the results of the first phase of the investigation. In it, the flaws in the writing of the argumentative essay are addressed, in this sense, the
difficulties most felt by the first-year student of the Language and Literature degree are identified, and also the effects of not using the stages of composition. The work is the product of the specific research objective to describe the difficulties of the first year students of the Language and Literature degree in the use of grammatical schemes in the written production of an argumentative diagnostic text. This phase was carried out using qualitative methodology, with type of action research and the case study as a strategy for the analysis of the work of the participants. Therefore, the analysis methodology is by triangulation, contrast and comparison of the diagnostic test with the results of the checklist, the questionnaire, field guide and metacognition questions. It ends by presenting the conclusions of the first phase.