Polish and Ukrainian University Students’ Perspectives on Academic Writing: A Comparative Overview

Abstract

Communication, both written and oral, as the key to academic and professional success has received much scholarly attention in the academic communities of Western Europe and North America. However, in the Eastern European educational scene, teaching academic communication, especially academic writing, in institutions of higher education has been largely neglected for a long time. This research attempts to look at academic writing practices at two universities in Ukraine and Poland from the students’ perspectives. The survey conducted among students pursuing master’s degrees in education and pedagogy at both universities aimed to reveal their attitudes, beliefs and opinions in three domains: cognitive, social and affective. The results lead to some important inferences: students’ exposure to academic writing is insufficient; the potential of writing as a learning tool is not fully understood; students’ awareness of academic integrity is rather low. The tendencies observed across institutions are mostly similar with occasional significant differences.

Revisión de investigaciones sobre escritura académica para la construcción de un centro de escritura digital en educación superior

“…Las conclusiones del estudio realizado por Kozolup et al (2020) con estudiantes universitarios de Europa del este, si bien no son novedosas, sí son recurrentes y convergentes con los resultados de la revisión realizada y los aportes de la investigación al campo de estudios. Estas conclusiones señalan que los estudiantes necesitan más enseñanza en escritura académica, mayor interacción con los géneros propios de su campo disciplinar tanto en lengua materna como extranjera, y más conciencia del papel que cumple el lenguaje y la comunicación en su desarrollo personal, así como del potencial educativo de la escritura.…”