Open AccessInternational Postgraduates’ Perception on Academic Writing: A Lesson on Criticality
Author(s) -
Mas Ayu Mumin
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of english language
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-0711
pISSN - 1925-0703
DOI - 10.5430/wjel.v12n4p46
Subject(s) - academic writing , narrative , perception , language proficiency , study abroad , mathematics education , order (exchange) , higher education , psychology , pedagogy , linguistics , political science , philosophy , neuroscience , law , finance , economics
Academic writing has always been synonymous in higher education. However, academic writing could be more problematic for international students than native speakers of English (Mumin, 2020). They endure different struggles that ranged from language proficiency to effect on contextual academic transition. This study is part of a longitudinal narrative study involving five international postgraduate students in a UK university. The findings demonstrated unique views of each participant with a concurrence that proficiency does not promise writing competency. This study also unveiled the participants’ views on being a Non-Native English Speaker (NNES) in an anglophone country where ‘criticality’ seemed to be a crucial notion needed to be grasped in order to write according to the university’s assessment writing conventions. Additionally, views on international students’ writing support were also documented.