Abstract
<p>This study is an in-depth effort to investigate issues usually faced by EFL learners in writing skills. Fifty students of Preparatory Year Program (from different sections) Najran University were randomly selected to illicit their opinion on writing skill using Likert’s 5 scale (always, usually, sometimes, rarely never) questionnaire. In addition, fifty writing samples from first and second midterms of PYP were also selected. The study analyses the writing samples mainly focusing on with special reference to capitalization, punctuation, language use (grammar) and spelling and their impact on other items of language like articles, preposition, coherence, cohesion etc. Contrastive analysis of students’ writing samples and questionnaire prove that students commit mistakes, though unconsciously, in writing. While conducting data analysis using students’ writing samples, it was observed that students used ways to pass an exam i.e. memorize the writing answer(s)/paragraph(s) rather than the proper approaches to developing/learning most common writing strategies when writing an answer. In the end, this study offers some remedial measures for writing problems of Arab EFL learners.</p>
Highlights
There is need for a global language that could be used as a lingua franca among international communities
This study focuses on the problems of the four major areas of capitalization, punctuation, language use and spelling in writing among the students of writing skills courses at Preparatory Year, Najran University
The data analysis has been divided into two parts: the first will contain a detailed analysis on the responses of the questionnaire and the second one will be a detailed analysis on the writing samples followed by a detailed discussion on both of them
Summary
There is need for a global language that could be used as a lingua franca among international communities. The most of the students’ errors were led by the Arabic interference This aggravated situation in writing is an amalgamation of many factors like lack of exposure, learner’s poor background, mother tongue interference, lack of language learning environment and lack of motivation. Some remedies need to be suggested in form of classroom activities based on practical and real life situations This will help EFL students discourage memorizing the language items and minimize language errors in their writing assignments. The present research delineates this aggravated situation of students of writing skills courses at Preparatory Year, Najran University It provides recommendations which will inculcate in developing writing skill among EFL learners
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