ACADEMIC WRITING CHALLENGES FACED BY PAKISTANI POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY

Abstract

This study aimed to explore difficulties that Pakistani postgraduate students encounter while writing in an academic context. The study explore the difficulties which students face, for example, lack of sufficient academic vocabulary, inability to avoid plagiarism, or difficulty in constructing the overall argument. Adopting a mixed-methods approach, the study found out that these barriers were 
related to learners themselves, educational context and instructional strategies. Likewise, this paper attempts to give recommendations which might help improve the academic writing skills of the Pakistanis postgraduate students studying in Pakistan and those studying abroad.