Errors in writing among female students at the tertiary level in Saudi Arabia
Joint Authors
Wani, Nilufar Husayn
Nisa, Sarwat Un
al-Haydar, Siham Musa
Usmani, Saima
Asiri, Sharifa
Source
International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation
Issue
Vol. 6, Issue 3 (31 Mar. 2023), pp.150-166, 17 p.
Publisher
Al-Kindi Center for Research and Development
Publication Date
2023-03-31
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Arabic language and Literature
Abstract EN
Writing is regarded as the most challenging skill to acquire when learning a foreign language.
Extensive research into students' writing abilities is one method for understanding the challenges they face when writing.
This study aims to investigate the most frequent English writing errors made by Saudi female university students at the tertiary level.
The study's population comprised forty female college students.
They had 45 minutes to write paragraphs on a variety of subjects.
The participants in this study were selected at random and asked to compose an essay on any of the topics provided so that errors could be identified; the results were then analyzed and explained.
Based on the findings, we can conclude that all 40 paragraphs of the essays written by Saudi female university students at the tertiary level contained 192 misspellings.
There were 41 plural form errors, 58 comma punctuation errors, and 52 full stop punctuation errors.
There were 119 instances of incorrect grammar, syntax, or word choice.
The data analysis concludes that female students make numerous punctuation, syntactic, grammatical, and lexical errors, with most errors occurring in spelling and syntax.
The results of this study are significant because the identified errors will have pedagogical implications when teaching writing skills to college-level English language students.
This result sheds light on the areas that should be emphasized when teaching writing skills to EFL students in Saudi Arabia.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Nisa, Sarwat Un& al-Haydar, Siham Musa& Usmani, Saima& Wani, Nilufar Husayn& Asiri, Sharifa. 2023. Errors in writing among female students at the tertiary level in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation،Vol. 6, no. 3, pp.150-166.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Nisa, Sarwat Un…[et al.]. Errors in writing among female students at the tertiary level in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation Vol. 6, no. 3 (2023), pp.150-166.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Nisa, Sarwat Un& al-Haydar, Siham Musa& Usmani, Saima& Wani, Nilufar Husayn& Asiri, Sharifa. Errors in writing among female students at the tertiary level in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation. 2023. Vol. 6, no. 3, pp.150-166.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 166
Record ID
BIM-1499807