Perceptions and Attitudes of BA and MA Graduating Students in Philology Towards the Writing of Their Final Research Papers. A Survey-Based Case Study

Abstract

This paper discusses the results of a survey on university students’ perceptions and attitudes towards the writing-up process of their final graduation paper. The google form questionnaire was addressed to all the BA and MA graduating philology students, covering four study programmes in English, in a university in western part of Romania. The findings indicate a possible re-thinking of the curricula aiming at the inclusion of mandatory courses in academic writing and research skills at the incipient phases of the study programmes.

Keywords

• academic writing skills
• research skills
• student attitudes and perceptions