Abstract
This research intends to identify the challenges experienced by EFL Iraqi learners at the secondary school level in writing composition as well as the faults of writing committed by those students, taking into account the significance of grammatical knowledge in the writing process. In this research the researchers used quantitative research method. The data source were collected from students in the secondary schools (fourth class) from five schools at Wassit Province. The key instrument in this study is self- research test by designing sample for students to write composition in order to discover the errors of writing that they commit. The compositions written by the students were analyzed qualitatively according to Ellis (1997) model of writing errors in addition to showing the frequency and the percentage of these errors. According to the result, it is figured out that the students face difficulties in learning grammatical structures in writing process. Additionally, as was mentioned by the teacher, there are other circumstances that effect students’ writing of composition such as the time, vocabulary and their dependence on teachers who give them compositions to memorize.
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