Ester Trigo-Ibáñez

Enrique Sologuren* Instituto de Literatura, Universidad de Los Andes, Las Condes, Chile Introduction: The laboratory report is a widely used genre in the academic training process in civil computer engineering. Students produce this genre in the university classroom for diverse academic and professional purposes. Despite its relevance, empirical rhetorical-discursive descriptions of the value of student writing are still scarce in Spanish.

1. Introduction Reading is a complex construct that exhibits various conceptualizations depending on the disciplinary fields from which it is approached as a subject of study (Maina and Papalini, 2021) and also on the reading modes adopted, according to each reader’s experiences (Cuesta, 2006; Munita, 2016).

1. Introduction Emotions play a critical role in daily tasks by influencing cognitive capacity and providing the necessary energy for behavioral action (Ekman, 1992; Liu, 2022). In this turn, there exists a direct link between emotions and language learning. Negative emotions are often a source of challenges for foreign language learners in academic writing curriculums.