Using discourse analysis to remediate native arabic speakers' errors in learning english as a foreign language

الملخص EN

This study is an attempt to identify the common writing elrors executed by Kuwaiti Native Arabic speakers in learning English as a foreign language (EFL).

To achieve this aim, a questionnaire has been designed to recognize beliefs (of teachers of English as a foreign language) regarding writing errors done by Kuwaiti Native Arabic Speakers learning EFL.

A random sample of Kuwaiti Native Arabic Speakers learning EFL writing has been analyzed.

Some suggestions are presented to improve the status of the writing skill of English learnt by our Arab students to encourage positive attitudes towards its study.

A number of further studies and testable hypotheses can be generated from this study such as a comparison of Kuwait's EFL programs to those of other states