Investigating University Students' Competence in Writing Dissertations At both the Linguistic and procedural Levels

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the difficulties facing the students of the English language in writing dissertation at the linguistic and procedural stage at university level . It tries to respond to the questions which state that the students are poor in using the procedure; grammatical rules and cohesive devices for the clarity and organization of their dissertations .The descriptive analytical method was used to analyses the collected data from the students' dissertations. It is hypothesized that the students need to master the method and the basic skills of writing .It was found out that the students were not capable to use the required strategy and essential elements of writing effectively. However, a remedial course could be introduced to promote the students’ standards at the linguistic and the procedural level to produce coherent dissertations'