Reading, writing, and speaking behavior: An exploration of university spaces.

Abstract

This article is a product of the research "Reading, Writing and Speaking Practices Behavior: an exploration of university spaces". This was an initiative of articulated work between the Center for Reading, Writing and Oralities (CLEO, according to its acronym in Spanish), the Library System and the Inter-American School of Librarianship, all instances of the University of Antioquia (U. de A., acronym in Spanish as well). The objective of this research, which was conducted between late 2019 and early 2020, was to understand the relationship between some places on the university campus and the reading, writing and speaking practices that undergraduate students perform in them, in order to guide the management and use of places as facilitators of these practices.

The text presents a general framework and background of the research, exposes the concepts from which this is based, which are "behavior", "practices", "reading, writing and speaking practices" and "places". In addition, it describes the methods, techniques and instruments used to carry out the study. And, finally, it makes a description and analyzes undergraduate students‘ reading, writing and speaking practices based on the information collected. It concludes by proposing recommendations for adapting some places on the university campus in such a way as to enhance the practices mentioned above, while proposing a series of ideas on the issue of spaces as mediators in these practices.