Students Perceptions of Academic Reading and Writing

Abstract

Academic reading and writing are considered as vital components of academic literacy. In English as a Foreign Language context, various students encounter difficulties in dealing with academic materials and producing academic writing due to linguistic, cognitive and organizational obstacles. Thus, the present study aims to identify students’ perceptions of academic reading and writing. It aims as well to examine their perceptions of the effectiveness of teaching materials and instructional mode related to academic reading and writing.To conduct the study, a questionnaire was adopted as a research tool to collect data from the participants who are 56 Master’s 1 EFL students belonging to the department of English at AbdelHafid Boussouf University during the academic year 2025–2026. To analyze the data, the study opted for a descriptive approach through the use of SPSS statistics software.The results revealed that the overall students’ perceptions of academic reading and academic writing were positive. The findings indicated that the participants were aware of the importance of mastering academic reading and writing for academic achievement and development. The correlation analysis also demonstrated meaningful positive associations among various variables – especially between academic reading and academic writing challenges, academic reading and critical thinking development, and teacher feedback and writing satisfaction. However, the results indicated that students consider both skills to be hard and challenging due to issues with comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, organization and academic standards.