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Learners may fall in trick of phrasal verb when it has different meanings and this will lead learners to assume the meaning they have already known. For
example, learners who have already learned the meaning of phrasal verb come round to mean visit would assume this meaning whenever they met this phrasal verb in an
context. Therefore, learners would not interpret correctly the meaning of the following sentence:
After she had lain on the ground for some minutes, she came round. On coming round the patient probably has a headache.
2.2.9 Writing skill
Writing is very crucial skill that indicates all skills; it opens up the whole space to apply things to be known. In addition, writing production is the main source
in assessing learners thoughts and knowledge. Writing is considered as one of the main complex and emotional processes a person may get involved in. The writing
skill is as any other skills of language, which needed to be learned and practiced by foreign learners. It is not simply combining words together to form paragraphs, but it
is the transmission of thoughts and ideas that are needed to be properly selected and organized in an acceptable way. As Neman 1995 argues writing is a craft, an
artistic process with techniques and conventions that can be learned, employing skills
that can be improved. Writing is shifted to reach fluency. In other words, its
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focus lies upon the representation of ideas and concepts rather than grammar and
spelling. Therefore, the main aspect in writing production is the extent to which
learners practice what has achieved. As it is stated by Syder, 1993:233 that what makes students look like natives and achieve their whole language system is their
production of multi-word items because they are considered as the natural components and expressions that are used by natives. The role of writing skill in the
classroom indicates continuation of discovering the available capacities to seek the suitable and effective language for communicating ones thoughts and feelings. It is
considered as the major skill in learning, and the most essential component in teaching curricula, because it provides individual as well as pair work in
language classes. Consequently, writing is the open-up path that gives the learners the opportunity to practice what they have learned. As phrasal verbs, learners could
not become familiar with such components unless they would make them in a practical way and so in their writings.
2.2.10 Authentic Materials
