Investigating the Difficulties Encounter by EFL Learners in Writing the English Paragraph

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the difficulties encountered by EFL learners in writing English paragraph in Colleges of English language at Sudanese Universities. The researcher used two tools to prove the credibility of the hypotheses mentioned in chapter one, questionnaire papers for instructors and a test for learners of level three College of languages, at Sudan University of Science and technologoy. The researcher also used the descriptive analytical method to analyze the collected data. The study found that the learners suffer from many types of difficulties such as: grammatical, structural difficulties, as well as difficulties in using punctuation marks, definite and indefinite articles and that is why there is weakness in students’ writing generally. The researcher recommends that English language teachers should concentrate much more on writing skills as an important part of English paragraph. The researcher used the package of social sciences (SPSS) for analysis. The researcher concluded with some relevent recommendations and suggetions for further studies.