%0 Journal Article
%T Difficulties in Academic Writing: From the Perspective of King Saud University Postgraduate Students
%A Hind Al Fadda
%J English Language Teaching
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.5539/elt.v5n3p123
%X The purpose of this study was to determine what difficulties King Saud University students encounter when learning to write academic English and to differentiate between students¡¯ learning needs and objectives. The sample consisted of 50 postgraduate students enrolled in King Saud University during the academic year 2009-2010. Analysis of the data showed that English as a second language (ESL) students face many difficulties and stresses in their academic writing, such as difficulty distinguishing between spoken and written English, making an outline before writing a draft, identifying the skills needed for successful writing, and avoiding plague words and phrases.
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/view/15272