Manipulating Students’ Errors in Using Conjunctions in Writing English Texts

Abstract

This paper aimed at identifying and describing the types of conjunctions errors made by Students in English Procedure text especially in conjunction. The sample of this study was the second year Students of Sudan University of Science and Technology majoring in English language in Academic Year 2019/2020. This study involved (20) students as the sample of the study which was selected by using purposive sampling technique. The instruments used in this study was written test. In analyzing the data quantitative method was used. Based on the data analysis, it was found that the Second year students of Sudan University of Science and Technology made errors in using conjunction in English Procedure text with percentage of errors 34.75 %. The data From the test showed that the most common errors made by students were temporal Conjunction with 68 % errors. Meanwhile, the result of the written test showed the most Factors causing students errors in writing were intra -lingual error and inter -lingual errors