Multidimensional Instruction Model for Comprehensive Academic Writing Capability Development: The Integrative Approach

Abstract

Academic writing is pivotal to education as a mean to develop the society andthe country. Quality academic articles can be realized only with due attention onall stages of writing from planning, content screening and presentation ofinformation to correspond with the expectations of the readers and the academiccontexts. Undergraduate students, nevertheless, appear to be challenged in thisregard. A study of their academic articles reveals issues concerning thinkingprocess, planning, content screening and writing protocol. These can beaddressed with an integrative approach to the development of comprehensiveacademic writing capability, combining the advantages of different writinginstructionto cover all dimensions of communication: the author, the contentand the reader. The three approaches are the process-based approach, thecontent-based approach and the genre-based approach The strengths of theseapproaches are integrated into a model for the teaching of academic writingskills which is aimed at improving the author’s thinking process, the contentquality and the understanding of academically correct writing principles. Themodel will facilitate dissemination of knowledge and benefit social developmentefforts eventually.

Keywords: academic writing; critical thinking; process-based approach; contentbasedapproach; genre-based approach