Assessing Common Errors in Students’ Guided Writing in Case of First Year Social Science and Humanities Studensts at Kabridahar University

Abstract

This study was conducted on Assessing common errors in students guided writing:  The case of first year social science and humanities students at Kabridahr University. It is aimed to identify the frequent errors that students make during guided writing and the challenges that affect the students’ guided writing. The objective of the study was to find out the students’ errors in guided writing. Descriptive type research design was employed to achieve the objectives and address to research the problems by qualitative and quantities used descriptive methods to express the problem affect students in guided writing. The data were collected by questionnaire, interview and documentary analysis. The study identified that the most frequent errors made by students are grammatical and syntactic errors. Especially the assignment and interview show that students make error in tense and grammar rules. In general, almost all the students make an error in putting their ideas in writing only. The study recommends, that to improve the student’s paragraph writing, it must be needed time and practice many times with in the class

DOI: 10.7176/JLLL/79-03

Publication date:May 31^st 2021