Error Analysis in English Language Writing: The Case of Third Year Secondary School Literary Stream Students in Ghardaia.

Abstract

Learners’ errors production in learning English as a foreign language has been considered as a vast field of research. The objective of this study is to investigate the written errors of third year secondary school pupils. It is conducted to identify and classify the errors in English written work estimating the predominant errors and explaining the reasons behind committing such errors. Data about the difficulties faced by learners in writing is collected from the participants’ written productions. The sample that is randomly selected consists of 16 pupils from the third year literary stream of Karma Secondary school in Ghardaia. The instrument used for this purpose is participants’ essays about bribery and ways to eradicate it. The organization of this work comprises three chapters. The first chapter deals with the theoretical background. It is divided into two parts. The first part defines the key words and presents the use of error analysis. The second one deals with writing and its processes. The second chapter is about the empirical phase of the work. It explains errors produced by third year literary stream learners and provides some possible causes of errors. Finally, the third chapter suggests a remedial work. It attempts to give some pieces of advice and correction techniques as well as some activities for learners to improve their level.