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This research is entitled “Approaches Used by English Lecturers in Teaching Writing Skill to the Third Semester Students of the English Study Program of Nusa Cendanab University in the Academic Year 2023/ 2024”. This thesis aims to find out the approachesused by English lecturers in teaching writing skill, the dominant approaches used by English lecturers in teaching writing skill, and to find out the students' writing abilities level after being taught using such writing approaches in teaching writing skill. The research was done at Nusa Cendana University in 2023. The subjects of this research were the lecturers and their students; the research objects were the students’ written texts. The instruments used were observations, semi-structured interviews, and some documents to obtain the data. It was found that the approaches used by English lecturers in teaching writing skills were controlled-composition, current-traditional rhetoric, process, genre, and contextual approaches. The dominant approach used by English lecturers in teaching English was contextual approach. The Students’ writing ability after being taught using such is generally good. However, they had some problems in writing, namely lack vocabulary, poorpunctuation marks, and poor grammar of sentences. Key words : approach, lecturer, ability, teaching, writing skill.