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pass level .i.e. 60 out of 100; their overall percentage was 52.43, there are no
statistically significant differences between the subjects due to sex and
university and the most frequent errors were in coherence and grammar
whereas the least frequent o
nes were in spelling and punctuation.
The
study is
divided in
to six chapters
;
general introd
uction
, Theoretical
framework, literature review, methodology of the study, analysis and
discussion of results and summary of resu
lts, recommendations and
implications.
Chapter
O
ne
,
which is a
general introduct
ion,
consists
of
the pro
blem of
the study, significance and
rationale, objectives of the study
,
research
questions and hypotheses
.
Chapter Two reviews the
related li
terature in terms of
content
development methods in writing, mainly coherence and
cohesion
and
compares
between them.
It also presents
the contrastive rhetoric theory
and
what critics say about it
.
This chapter terminates
with a summary which sums
up
the
major points in the
chapter and intr
oduces the next chapter
.
Chapter Three is a re
view of empirical studies. It mainly deals
with
studies
conducted,
particularly in the area of writing.
It considers
studies
which deal
with writing
as process no
t a
s
product and attention is directed to
the different factors which may affec
t it. I
n
addition the chapter
reviews
analytical
studies on EFL learners and
sheds the light on
some factors that help
writers
in the writing process. Furthermore, it includes e
mpirical studies on
ESL students’
and native
writers’ roles
in the writing
process.
That is to say,
how ESL and native writers accomplish a piece of writing and what probl
ems
they have in writing
.
Chapter Four is mainly c
oncerned with the method
ology of
the study
. It
deals
with the
subjects
, the
instrument
for collecting data and procedures.
R
eliability and validity of data collection inst
rument are
. Finally,
Chapter Four
discusses
the different statistical test
s adopted in order to give results
and
approaches to the discussion of these results.
