Difficulties in Writing in a Foreign Language The Case of first Year Secondary School IBN TOFEIL Tlemcen

Abstract

There is a general agreement among scholars that performing coherent and cohesive piece of writing among EFL students is not an easy task. In this regard, the present study aims primary at identifying EFL learners writing difficulties and their sources as well as to find out possible solutions towards achieving effectiveness in writing. The constitution of diverse research instruments including the questionnaire, the and classroom observation help the investigator to have a broad view about the scope of this study. The collected data reveal that students meet difficulties at the level of coherence and cohesion as well as grammar due to the lack of reading and low writing practice. In hope to remedy and decrease these difficulties, a call for solutions are needed.