Focusing on the perspective of lecturers, this qualitative research investigated the academic reading and writing challenges faced by international English-as-a-foreignlanguage master’s students at a Malaysian university. Data was collected through semi-structured, in-depth, one-on-one interviews with 16 lecturers who taught international students from various graduate programs. The findings from the lecturers’ perspectives indicate that the students faced acute challenges in their academic reading and writing practices such as adhering to academic writing conventions and interpreting text in an English language instructional setting. This study suggests policies and programs to overcome the challenges of the international EFL students’ academic writing and reading practices to ensure their academic success in as they learn in graduate programs.

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马来西亚大学国际 EFL 硕士生的学术阅读和写作挑战

这项定性研究聚焦于讲师的视角，调查了马来西亚大学国际英语作为外语硕士生所面临的学术阅读和写作挑战。数据是通过对 16 位教授来自不同研究生课程的国际学生的讲师进行半结构化、深入、一对一的访谈来收集的。来自讲师的调查结果表明，学生在学术阅读和写作实践中面临着严峻的挑战，例如遵守学术写作惯例和在英语教学环境中解释文本。本研究提出了克服国际 EFL 学生学术写作和阅读实践挑战的政策和计划，以确保他们在研究生课程中学习时取得学术成功。