The obstacles that students face while they write in English Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree Master

Abstract

One of the most important inventions in human history is writing which is an essential part of the communication process in any language; it allows sharing our communication with future generations. Writing occupies a centre stage at the university level and knowing how to write effectively is one of the abilities that language learners need to develop .EFL teachers want their students to write correctly and in appropriate manner because writing skill is essential to academic success and a requirement for many occupations and professions. Many students face difficulties to reach a satisfactory level in writing and communicating their ideas in a coherent and organized manner. The dissertation has investigated the difficulties of the writing skill of EFL second year students at the department of English in Chadli BenDjedid University, El Taref. In addition, the study also attempted to explore solutions that can help students overcome writing difficulties and enhance students’ writing ability. This study has comprised a general introduction and four main chapters. The general introduction gave an overview about the study and introduces the plan and the main steps to conduct the study. The first chapter is the literature review which is the theoretical part of the study; and it has been divided into three sections. The first section of chapter one is an overview on the writing skill. The second section is teaching writing; and the third section is writing difficulties. The second chapter is research design and methodology which introduced the used techniques in conducting this study. Chapter three was devoted to the practical part of the study, it contained two questionnaires one for students, and the other for the teacher. Also, it provided the analysis of the questionnaire and the results of the study. Most of the answers given by the teachers and students showed that the majority of the students have difficulties in writing in English. The fourth chapter is devoted to implications and recommendations and we gave some suggestions to teachers and students that can be beneficial to improve the writing skill. Finally, we hope that this work can be beneficial for teachers to improve their ways in teaching and for teacher to improve their writing skill. It should be noted that the obtained results are not generalized and further research is needed concerning the topic of students’