Constructive teaching and learning practice should be conducted to create EFL competent writers. There must be comprehension of needs that leads to meaningful classroom practices and avoid inappropriate treatment. EFL teachers are demanded to consider students’ expectation in learnig to write before heading to the real teaching activities. As an overview on writing practice in English Education Program, this study is aimed at describing students’ subjective needs in learning to write including learning strategy and activity preferences, affective needs and attitude toward teacher’s correction. The study involved 24 students who had just finished Basic Writing class.Reflective statements and interview were the instruments. The result revealed unsatisfactory of most students shown through the percentages of the three aspects mentioned previously. Here, the teacher failed to practice appropriate teaching practices in answering students’ needs in learning to write. It definitely influenced the students’ writing competence and motivation.