Abstract: This study aims at investigating the writing errors of Saudi EFL university students of College of Science & Arts, Tanumah at King Khalid University in the academic year 2014/2015 during the first semester. The study also aims at identifying and analyzing these errors, determining the causes of these errors, as well as investigating the factors that contribute to their occurrence and suggesting suitable solutions for the problem. For this purpose, research questions are posed and the answers to these questions are provided and discussed. The sample of this study includes 20 students who are chosen from the Level Four students besides the EFL teachers in the above-mentioned college. The analytical descriptive approach is adopted to handle this study. The study focuses on grammatical, punctuation, lexical, spelling and discourse errors in the writing English production of these learners .Testing, questionnaire , structured interview and personal observation of the researcher are all used as tools for collecting data. The findings of the study reveal that the students commit errors in their writing performance due to some factors such as: mother tongue interference, besides insufficient activities and practice of basic techniques of writing in addition to the lack of follow-up to the students’ writing performance and some other factors.
Keywords: causes of errors; EFL students, writing errors; writing performance.
Title: An Investigation of Writing Errors of Saudi EFL University Students (A Case Study of College of Science & Arts- Tanumah, King Khalid University)
Author: Dr. Fawzi Eltayeb Yousuf Ahamed
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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