Investigating EFL students' problems in writing skill at secondary level : a case study of EFL students at secondary schools-Gezira State-Hasaheisa

الملخص EN

Writing skill at secondary stage is considered one of the most difficult skills that, most EFL at secondary levelstudents suffer from.

Though, it is one of the most important ways that measure student’s ability of mastery of the language and its culture.

Therefore, the main objective for this study is to investigate the problems that face EFL students in writing skill at secondary level.

The study followed the descriptive analytical method.

The data for the study was collected by means of the questionnaire which was distributed to (50) of secondary EFL teachers, and another questionnaire for student at Hasahisa secondary school, in Gezira state - Sudan.

The study used the (SPSS) statistical package for social science program for analyzing the data.The study reached many important results.

Most EFL students are not able to produce expressive, coherent and logically, sequenced sentences in their writing.Teachers’ follow up improves students performanceand alsoreading literary texts enhances students writing skills.

In the light of these results the study recommends that: EFL students should be motivated to write coherent composition.

Teachers should follow up their student performance and correct their mistakes.

Student should read literary texts to improve their writing skills.