Abstract:
This study aims at investigating the problems facing the Sudanese secondary school students as relates to writing English sentences. The researcher used the descriptive method of research. The tools used to gather the data were a test and a questionnaire. After testing the validity and reliability of the tool and using statistical analysis to analyze the data , the researcher reached up to the following results :-
1. Most of the Sudanese secondary school students of English language in Gezira State are not acquainted with parts of language speech.
2. The periods allocated for writing skills are very few.
3. Teachers seldom encourage their students to develop their writing skills .
4. Teachers do not explain to their students how to write correct English structures.
5. The students linguistic mistakes are not discussed in class.
Thus the study recommended that: there should be a sort of modification in the Sudanese secondary schools syllabus through introducing a lot of lessons related to English structure besides focusing on literature lessons, as it is the main source of vocabulary, which is very important in constructing English sentences.
