Soto González, Glory J.

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    Exploring academic writing at the master’s level: Perceptions of graduate students and professors
    (2016) Soto González, Glory J.; Román Pérez, Rosa I.; College of Arts and Sciences - Arts; Irizarry Rodríguez, José M.; Delgado Acosta, Bernadette M.; Rivera Rodríguez, Rosita L.; Department of English; Boglio Martínez, Rafael A.
    This qualitative study explores academic writing (AW) at the master’s level focusing on the perceptions of graduate students and professors. A grounded theory approach was used with the purpose of developing a base that would allow following up on the findings of this research. The participants of this study were 1st semester graduate students, 3rd semester graduate students or more, and professors who taught graduate course and/or belonged to graduate students committees. These participants represented a sample of graduate students and professors of the Masters of Arts in English Education (MAEE) from the English Department at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM). Audiotaped interviews were conducted with each population according to their academic preparation. These interviews revealed experiences and perceptions regarding academic writing in order to explore how these may or may not comply with the expectations of a graduate level program and these were aligned among graduate students and professors. Academic writing samples were administered to graduate students and their task was to identify them accordingly. This served as a diagnostic assessment to discover if graduate students were familiar with the academic writing they might encounter at the graduate level. Findings revealed themes and categories such as overlapping perceptions, expectations, awareness, improvements, AW definitions, and concerns regarding AW on behalf graduate students and professors of the MAEE. Through these themes and categories, insights on AW perceptions were voiced. The outcome of this study is to assess the current needs of graduate students concerning academic writing and to serve as the foundations for future research including quantitative studies with a larger population which could lead towards recommendations for the improvement of academic writing at the graduate level through the development of courses and/or workshops addressing academic writing.