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.
