UNIVERSITY TEACHERS AND STUDENTS' PERSPECTIVES ON ACADEMIC WRITING: A CASE FROM A UNIVERSITY IN ESTONIA

This article gives an overview of a study conducted at the University of Tartu aiming to chart the prevalence of and types of academic written assignments from the perspective from teachers and students. Charting academic writing was considered the first step to better understand writing needs and opportunities in order to find support to develop an academic writing centre and find support to introduce academic writing groups as a means to promote the social process of writing. Both writing centres and academic writing groups are becoming more common placed at universities throughout the European continent.