Internet is not only a place of knowledge but it also has an entertainment aspect such as online games, downloading movies,

music etc. But this is not the only reason the internet appeals to the younger generation. They also agreed that the internet provides ease to research and university students. This is because a large number of articles on the same topic can be found on the internet by just one search.

As Paltridge (2001) observes: (a) Genre-based approach to language program development aims to incorporate discourse and contextual aspects of language use that are often underattended to in programs based only on the lower-level organizational units of language, such as structures, functions, or vocabulary. (b) Central to the mastery of academic writing is the novice writers development of discourse competense, particularly in relation to academic prose. This involves writers developing the ability to integrate a wide range of different types of knowledge in order to create extended written discourse that is both linguistically accurate and socially appropriate (Bruce, 2008: 1)
(c) Given the centrality of the development of a discourse competence to the aims

of academic writing courses, it is evident that the object of the teaching and learning in such courses will be extended units of written discourse.