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The aim of this paper is to analyze didactic sequences (DS) for language teaching designed by primary teachers and also to propose some criteria that may guide teachers in the creation and (self-) assessment of such sequences. Our perspective on didactic sequence follows the principles proposed by its Genevan creators, that is to say, we conceive them as tools for the teaching of text genres, which are in turn considered the unit of communication. The didactic sequences studied in this paper were designed over the course of some teacher training sessions. Given the difficulties observed in the elaboration process of the sequences (difficulties to explicit the instructions for text production; vague notion of text genre, etc.), the criteria used in order to analyze the sequences are based on the principles governing the didactic sequences. It is assumed that the main difficulties derive from teachers' previous theoretical and methodological assumptions and from a dissociated conception of didactic sequences and text genres. Results show the main aspects to be highlighted in the elaboration of DS and suggest the interest of relying on some criteria that may guide teachers when designing DS. However, the indicators proposed in our work should not be considered as a closed set, but rather as a proposal to be modified and completed by future research. Up to now, these criteria confirm the importance of insisting on the theoretical and methodological basis of the DS over the course of teacher training sessions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The review is a hybrid text genre of an expository-argumentative nature that is very appropriate for initiation into the production of academic texts in higher education, as it enables the development of some of the communicative, discursive and linguistic skills inherent to academic texts. The aim of this paper is to present an analysis of reviews written in Basque by first-year university students in order to identify some indices for improving the current teaching intervention. The analysis of the reviews has focused on three levels: general planning of the text, nominal cohesion and modalisation. The results show that although the basic components of the macro structure of the review are included, certain aspects need to be improved, such as the introduction of the topic and objective of the text reviewed and the evaluation. Other difficulties are related to aspects such as the lack of precision in the use of academic terminology when referring to the reviewed text or its author, and the use of declarative verbs in accordance with the use of this genre. On the basis of the analysis carried out, we detail some of the didactic objects to be worked on with first-year university students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]