Abstract
The article discusses the academic writing difficulties that the university students of the faculty of philosophy usually struggle with. The quantitave data is presented in the paper against the backdrop of the analysis of the relevant research that might suggest why the learners may encounter the mentioned challenges. On the level of content, the most common problems are related to the usage of complex philosophical terms, as well as to the correct syntactical construction of the text. On the level of form, a problematic area is that of the correct referencing and failure to paraphrase the sources that the learners use. These challenges are usually rooted in the lack of the proper knowledge about the rules of academic writing, as well as of the lack of sufficient practice aimed at these problematic areas that should be provided in the classroom.
Publisher
European Scientific Platform (Publications)
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