Investigating the Difficulties Encountered by Sudanese Secondary School Students in Writing English Sentences

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the Difficulties Encountered by Sudanese secondary school students in writing English language sentences. The researcher adopted a descriptive analytical method to analyze the data collected. A test was used as tool for data collection. The sample of the study consisted of 40 students drawn from Al thwra Al harah 17 secondary school for girls. The data were analyzed using the statistical package of social studies program (SPSS) and excel which provided percentage results for test. The study came out with following important results: second year students are not able to write English sentences correctly. Second year students are not able to differentiate between sentences parts. Second year students are not able to place punctuation marks in correct places. Second year students are not able to identify the use of punctuation marks. Second year students are not able to arrange words to give a meaningful sentences. The researcher recommended that teachers should apply new strategies and modern techniques for teaching how to write English sentences. The teachers should apply new techniques for teaching punctuation marks.