Abstract: This study aims at investigating errors in paragraph writing committed by Saudi EFL university students of College of Science & Arts in Tanumah at King Khalid University in the academic year 2017/2018 during the second semester. For this purpose, research questions are posed and the answers to these questions are provided and discussed.. The population of this study includes all fourth level students besides EFL university instructors in the above-mentioned college. The analytical descriptive approach is adopted by the researcher. The study focuses on the errors in organizational structure and formatting elements of Saudi EFL university students' written paragraph .Testing, 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 have weakness in paragraph writing due to some factors such as: EFL learners’ lack of the adequate stock of vocabulary which results from insufficient English language proficiency besides EFL university learners' lack of motivation. Moreover, there are insufficient activities and practice of basic techniques of writing in addition to the lack of follow-up to writing performance of EFL learners. Finally, the recommendations and pedagogical implications are provided.
Keywords: EFL university learners, paragraph writing, organizational structure and formatting elements.
Title: Investigating Errors Committed by Saudi EFL University Students in Paragraph Writing: A case study of College of Science & Arts, Tanumah, King Khalid University
Author: Dr. Fawzi Eltayeb Yousuf Ahmed, Dr. Inaam Abbas Hassan Elnour
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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