Academic Writing Concerns Throughout University Studies - An Empirical Research

The topic of this article is the importance of academic writing in high education levels. Various issues and demands of academic writing as a way and manner of communication have been treated in general along with the problems students have while dealing with it and their consequences. This part, of course, is followed by an empirical study of the students’ problems and difficulties, which includes a questionnaire with 25 questions which that refer to the students’ experiences with academic writing. Based on the answers that were given, specific issues have been highlighted and ranked, and as a result conclusions have been made.Keywords: academic writing, writing concerns, difficulties, ranking of concerns