Academic writing is used to document and the communication of the method and findings of a piece of research. In the context of academic education, however, it may be viewed as an activity that prepares students for disciplinary writing of a research report, which is commonly taught through exercises in writing essays, research articles, informative papers, etc. The Council of Higher Education has made significant strides in the development of the curricula of the Turkish Language-II course within the scope of and in accordance with programs that are designed to improve the academic writing proficiency of Faculty-of-Education students. In this study, it was aimed to determine the opinions of the freshman students that are enrolled on a Faculty-ofEducation program about teaching academic writing and the implementation of the new content in the course as well as the relevant problems, deficiencies and needs. The study group consists of 102 students that are enrolled in the English Language Teaching, Preschool Teaching, Special Education Teaching, and Social Studies Teaching Departments at the Fazıl Küçük, Faculty of Education, European University of Lefke. The research was conducted within the scope of "case study" design, which is one of the qualitative research designs. A semi-structured interview form was used for data collection. Results from preliminary interviews revealed that three-quarters of the students did not understand the concept of academic writing; however, this ratio decreased by the end of the program, which is indicative of a successful program of study. Prospective teachers participating in the study stated that they find academic writing important with the thought that it will contribute to their education and profession; and that it will benefit them during their postgraduate education. They were thus found to be exhibiting a positive attitude towards the academic writing course, in general, by the end of the course. However, we observed that the participants found themselves inadequate with regards to experience in academic writing and, indeed, writing in general. The majority of the participants acquired sufficient theoretical and practical knowledge about academic writing skills in this course. Strengthening this knowledge and skills can be achieved by continuing writing activities such as essays, articles and projects in other curses.