TYPICAL STUDENTS’ ERRORS IN WRITING ACADEMIC ESSAYS IN ENGLISH

Tetiana Pastushenko; Nataliia Lutkovska; Svitlana Voytovych

doi:10.36074/grail-of-science.20.02.2026.146

TYPICAL STUDENTS’ ERRORS IN WRITING ACADEMIC ESSAYS IN ENGLISH

Authors

Tetiana Pastushenko Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9826-5004
Nataliia Lutkovska Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1398-9554
Svitlana Voytovych Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0687-5686

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https://doi.org/10.36074/grail-of-science.20.02.2026.146

Summary

Writing an academic essay in ESP is one of the most efficient tasks aimed at both summarizing students’ subject-related knowledge in the area and displaying a confident use of appropriate language, including specialized vocabulary items employed to cover a particular topic.

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