Writing skill in the higher education (exemplified by selected results of questionnaire study to teach German)

Izabela Bawej

Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy

Abstract

The aim of this article is to discuss the phenomenon of writing skill in the process of foreign language learning. In the first part of the article the Author tries to describe the notion of writing in the communication. This paper is based not only on the theoretical considerations about the problem of writing at the advanced level but also contains conclusions drawn from the action research. She tries to show and to explain the status of the writing skill in German. In the second part the paper presents the results of a quantitative-qualitative study made among students of Applied Linguistics who learn German as a foreign language.

Keywords:

writing, German, language, speech, communication