Title:
ERRORS OF IRAQI EFL LEARNERS IN WRITING COMPOSITION FROM THE TEACHER’S PERSPECTIVE

Authors:
Prof. Dr. Ali Muhsin Gharb Al-Majdawi (PhD.) and Marwa Chasib Shamkhi , Iraq

Abstract:
This research intends to identify the challenges experienced by EFL Iraqi learners at the secondary school level in writing composition as well as the faults of writing committed by those students, taking into account the significance of grammatical knowledge in the writing process. In this research the researchers used quantitative research method. The data source was collected from students in the secondary schools (fourth class) from five schools at Wassit Province. The key instrument in this research is questionnaire designed by the researchers for teachers. The researchers put tables for each sample to show the types of errors of writing, the frequency and the percentage. According to the result, it is figured out that the students face difficulties in learning grammatical structures in writing process. Additionally, as was mentioned by the teacher, there are other circumstances that effect students’ writing of composition such as the time, vocabulary and their dependence on teachers who give them compositions to memorize.