Abstract: This study aimed at investigating the difficulties encountered by EFL students in using cohesive devices in writing. The researcher adopted the descriptive analytical method for data collection. The researcher used test to collect the data of the study. The researcher gave a test to 40 students of second year English major at University of Bahri 2022 college of Education department of English language. The researcher used SPSS programme to analyze the data, which showed in percentage and numbers of the students. The result obtained confirmed that second year students at university of Bahri have difficulties in using grammatical and lexical cohesive devices in writing. Moreover, the researcher recommended that, English teachers should encourage the students to use different types of cohesive devices in their writing.
Keywords: cohesion, investigation, adopted, encountered and encouragement.
Title: Attempting the Difficulties Faced by EFL Students in Using Cohesive Devices in Writing at University Level
Author: Hajr Hamad Idris Ibrahim, Ishag Adam Hassan Ahmed
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
Vol. 10, Issue 3, July 2022 - September 2022
Page No: 304-309
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Published Date: 19-August-2022
