Analysis of Syntactic Errors in University students English Writing

Abstract

This study investigates the analysis of syntactic errors made by university students in writing . The sample of the study consists of thirty students. They are chosen randomly through experimental test. The problem which the study want to Investigate that English language student Ignore or neglect the errors that they make in their writing . The researcher found that most of the students are committed errors when they transfer their first language (Mother tongue ) to the target language (EFL). The study recommended that the comparison between the mother tongue ( Arabic ) and English language might be a useful teaching method because it can show areas of differences where difficulties are expected . Students should be conscious of their errors and they should be asked to correct them .