THE PROPOSED TITLE: A WRITING PLAN USING THE PROCESS BASED APPROACH TO INCREASE STUDENTS ACADEMIC LITERACY Al Fadda,

H. (2012). Difficulties in academic writing: From the perspective of King Saud University of postgraduate students. English Language Training, 5(3), 123-130. This study aim is to find some difficulties in academic writing that may be faced by postgraduate students in King Saud university. Lack of academic literacy may be influenced by some internal and external factors. Internal factors, for example, are including first language background, motivation and lack of English skills. In addition, external factors are including different styles between Arabic and English such as writing styles and alphabets. Next, the author suggests that teachers and native English students may help Arabic students to increase their English writing. This study is relevant to my essay as this explains some academic writing difficulties for international students.

Al-Khasawneh, F. M S. (2010). Writing for academic purposes: Problems faced by Arab postgraduate students of the college of business, UUM. ESP World, 2 (28), 1-23. This research seeks to define problems in academic writing among Arabic students in Malaysia. The writer argues that Arabic students have some problems when they start to write their academic papers. Problem sources among Arabic students are including weak English foundation, environment issues and methods of English teaching. Environmental issues includes limited opportunity to practice English, first language styles and isolated environment. Moreover, problem sources in terms of methods of English teaching are including teachers low proficiency in English, lack of writing in academic world and using Arabic in English classes. Moreover, weak English foundation are including grammar, spelling and referencing. This essay may complement previous bibliography in explaining problems that students may face in academic writing.

Badger, R., & White, G. (2000). A process genre approach to teaching academic writing. ELT Journal, 54 (2), 153-160. This paper summarizes strenghts and weaknesses of some writing approaches such as product, process and genre approaches. The authors that there are three approaches in

teaching writing, namely, product approach, process approach and genre approach. As each approach has weaknesses and strengths, adaptation should take in order to cover its weaknesses. For instance, when a English teacher implements the process approach, he or she may provide some inputs such as appropriate articles and previous students works for her or his students so that the process approcahs weak point of lack input can be covered. Explanation in this study gives me some highlights about writing approaches, especially comparison between the process approach and the others.

Demirel, E. (2011). Take it step by step : Following a process approach to academic writing to overcome student anxiety. Journal of Academic Writing, 1 (1), 222-227. This research is credible as it was published in a peer-reviewed journal. Its main objective is to emphasis that process approach could reduce anxiety anxiety among Turkish students when they write their academic essays. Some issues that the most stressfull for students are the complexity of writing rules or conventions, difficulties to find appropriate sources for their papers and unfamiliarity with academic writing. The process approach could help students in reducing anxiety since the process method gives students chances to interact with other students and to practice academic writing frequently using multi draft methods. A result that the process approach can reduce stress and increase students awareness on academic writing could give me a point that the process approach should be encouraged.

Gillet, A. (2013). Using English for academic purposes guide for students in higher education. Retrieved July 20, 2013 from http://www.uefap.com/ writing/feature/ featfram.htm. This bibliography is important and credible as it has been hosted Dr. Andy Gillet for over 10 years and it is supported by the British Association of Lecturers of English for Academic Purposes. Gillet (2013) explains some features of academic writing such as complexity, formality, precision, objectivity, explicitness, accuracy, hedging and responsibility. Indeed, those features are important in order to present academic essays in factual, objective and formal ways. This website could enrich my essay as it provides some features of academic writing and some issues on academic writing including plagiarism, reporting verbs, writing, and writing paragraphs.

Sowden, C. (2005). Plagiarism and the culture ofmultilingual students in highereducation abroad. ELT Journal Volume, 59(3), 226-233.doi:10.1093/elt/cci042. Sowden (2005) argues that international students may face some difficulties in Western academic environment, especially in academic essays, owing to different culture. For instance, a group of Japanese students refused to cite other works in their papers since they think that knowledge they mentioned is public knowledge. Another example is as most foreign students from Asia are seldom asked to criticize other scholars opinion, they may face difficulty when they compose their academic essays, especially when they are asked to do literature review or criticize other scholars papers. Some points in this essay may give me some supporting explanation what problem sources and possible recommendation to overcome difficulty in academic literacy, especially among foreign students.

University of Technology Sydney Library. (2013). Academic writing. Retrieved July 20, 2013 from http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/sites/default/files/attachments/page/ Academic%20Writing%20Guide%20Part%201%20-%20Academic%20Writing.pdf This publication has been used a handbook of academic writing in the university. Furthermore, this book contains a lot of information regarding with academic writing. In the first section, the writer explains about important features of academic writing, then, the next section tells about guidelines to prevent from basic English mistakes in writing such as grammar, referencing, vocabulary, structure and writing styles. Moreover, this book also explains about some important characteristics of academic writing such as summarizing, paraphrasing, reporting verbs, passive sentences, and formal languages. This paper gives concise explanation about academic writing that could help me to understand process, features and stages in academic writing.

Whitaker, A. (2009). Academic writing guide 2010. City University of Seattle. Retrieved July 20, 2013 from http://www.vsm.sk/ Curriculum/academicsupport/academicwritingguide.pdf. This publication has been used a handbook of academic writing in the university. Moreover, this handbook provides information on a complete plan to compose qualified academic writing. According to Whitaker (2009), some plans in writing academic essays are including choosing a topic, thinking (brainstorming), doing research, discovering your thesis, planning (outline), writing, revising, editing and proofreading.

Furthermore, what students should do in each stage is clearly explained with simple guidelines and examples. Some insights about academic writing stages could enhance my essay in explaining a plan of academic writing.

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