ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF PALESTINIAN EFL MAJORS' WRITTEN ENGLISH

Abstract

xii 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.