Problems faced by postgraduate students in developing their writing skills

Abstract EN

The paper aims at clarifying the main problems which postgraduate students (both M.

A.

and Ph.

D.

students in the different departments of the College of Education, scientific and literary) face when using English in writing.

English is given to them as a secondary lesson in the two courses of their preparatory year of study.

Teaching English is supposed to help students develop their reading and writing skills and thus they will be able to understand their mainstream subjects taught in English.

Students' problems have been explained by identifying and analyzing the different types of mistakes they committed in their examination papers and assignments to specify the reasons lying behind committing The paper aims at clarifying the main problems which postgraduate students (both M.

A.

and Ph.

D.

students in the different departments of the College of Education, scientific and literary) face when using English in writing.

English is given to them as a secondary lesson in the two courses of their preparatory year of study.

Teaching English is supposed to help students develop their reading and writing skills and thus they will be able to understand their mainstream subjects taught in English.

Students' problems have been explained by identifying and analyzing the different types of mistakes they committed in their examination papers and assignments to specify the reasons lying behind committing them.