Identifying EFL Learners Essay Writing Difficulties and Sources: A Move towards Solution The Case of Second Year EFL Learners at Tlemcen University

Asma BELKHIR, Radia BENYELLES

Abstract


It is commonly known that EFL learners need to be skillful enough at the four language skills namely: listening, speaking, reading and writing to have a good command in the target language. Typically, teaching/learning how to write in a foreign language is not an easy task for EFL teachers and learners alike. Though countless research and efforts have been done by researchers and teachers to develop the writing skill among these learners, many EFL students still face a number of serious difficulties that prohibit them from constructing satisfactory essay writing. Actually, the present article aims primarily to identify EFL learners essay writing difficulties together with the sources associated with their difficulties in an attempt to find out the possible remedies for the achievement of better productions. Data as regards the topic in question were collected by means of questionnaire, interviews and some students’ finale essay writing drafts. The attained data reveal that students meet difficulties in both coherence and cohesion due to the lack of reading, first language transfer and low writing practice. In hope to decrease students’ essay writing difficulties, attention to these sources is required.


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EFL learenrs, educational case studies, Writing skill

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