Investigating Writing Difficulties Encountered by Sudanese EFL Learners at Grade Eight – Gabal Awlia Locality

Abstract

This research attempts to investigate writing difficulties encountered by Sudanese EFL learners at basic schools in Khartoum State. The researcher has used two types of tools to meet the hypotheses mentioned in chapter one, questionnaire papers for (20) teachers of English and writing task for (30) learners of class 8 at Algoba Algorania School for Boys in Jabal Awlia Locality to find students’ abilities on writing. The researcher has used the descriptive analytical method to analyze the collected data. The study found that the learners suffer from many types of difficulties such as: grammatical difficulties, spelling and difficulties in organizing paragraphs, that is why there is weakness in students’ writing generally. The researcher recommends that students’ writing should be revised to address these problems of writing. Teachers should be aware of developing good writing paragraphs in English. Teachers should consciously and constantly remind the students of the need for cohesive devices while writing. Writing approach will be very helpful if the learners will be given multiple opportunities for working on their drafts.