An Analysis and Evaluation of the Academic Writing Processes of Third Year Students in the Sudanese Secondary Schools: Omdurman Locality Secondary Schools as a Representative

Abstract

This study aims to analyse and evaluate English language academic writing processes of third year students in the Sudanese secondary schools. The study sets to find out ways that help students raise their awareness of academic writing techniques and how to use them effectively to improve their writing skill. The target group of this study is third year students in the Sudanese secondary schools represented by Omdurman Locality secondary schools for the school year 2013/2014. To achieve the aims of this study and to find answers to the questions of study, the researcher used the descriptive, analytical method to analyse data collected from respondents. The data for this study was collected by using three instruments. These instruments are questionnaires for students and teachers and a writing test for students. After analysis of data, the results revealed that third year secondary students in Sudan rarely use effective academic writing techniques with very little awareness of the strategies. The study also revealed no significant relationship between awareness of the academic writing techniques and writing outcomes. The study recommended that third year students in the Sudanese secondary schools are to be made aware of the academic writing techniques to be used before, during and after the writing process.