Pedagogical Approaches in Enhancing Academic Writing Skills of ESL Learners

Abstract

Higher education students need to develop strong academic writing skills to be successful. Therefore, improving one's command of the English language, and specifically one's command of academic writing at the undergraduate level, is essential for their educational excellence. The most significant difficulty, on the other hand, is related with the untrained instructors and inefficient pedagogical practices as a major cause of poor academic writing skills. As a result, this study was undertaken using a qualitative technique to investigate teachers’ perceptions about the instructional techniques and tactics they employ in order to cultivate academic writing skills among students. The population of this study consisted of all the teachers working in the public universities in the province of Sindh. By using convenient sampling technique, 25 teachers were recruited to collect the data from conducting interviews. The findings indicated various helpful instructional approaches teachers utilize to develop academic writing skills in university students, which include Communication practice, Proper feedback, and Comprehension reading exercises. Based on these data, it is vital for concerned authorities to organize workshops or training programs to enhance teachers’ capabilities to employ various kinds of pedagogical techniques to promote academic writing skills among undergraduate students.