DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUMANDINSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY

The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprisedof students in the Faculty of Education, University of Benin. The sample size of the studywasmade up of one hundred and twenty (120) students randomly selected from three course areas from the Department of Curriculum and Instructional Technology. A questionnaire titled " vii Undergraduate Students' Perception of Academic Writing Tasks" was used to collect data. Thedata collected were analyzed using simple percentage, mean and standard deviation for the research questions and t-test and ANOVA for the hypotheses. Three questionnaires and twohypotheses were raised to guide the study. The results of this study indicated that students preferred working on objective tests. Manystudents also have the view that academic writing is difficult and is challenging. Fromthe resultsof this study, tests are the most popular form of academic writing tasks among students withtermpapers being the least. Students perceived peer review and reading materials as very helpful inimproving their writing abilities. In addition, it was revealed that students differ in their attitudestowards academic writing tasks based on academic level and sex . Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended among others that more writing opportunities be provided to students in writing.