THE BASIC GRAMMAR PROBLEMS FACED BY ARAB (LIBYAN) STUDENTS IN ENGLISH COMPOSITION - Diponegoro University | Institutional Repository (UNDIP-IR)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I ........................................................................................................ 1
1.1.............................................................................................................Bac
kground of The Study ....................................................................... 1
1.2.............................................................................................................Pro
blem Statement .................................................................................. 6
1.3.............................................................................................................Hy
pothesis ............................................................................................ 6
1.4.............................................................................................................The
Objectives of The Study .................................................................... 7
1.5.............................................................................................................Sco
pe of The Study ................................................................................. 7
1.6.............................................................................................................Sig
nificance of The Study ...................................................................... 8
CHAPTER II........................................................................................................ 10
2.1. Literature Review ............................................................................. 10
2.2. Underlying theory ............................................................................ 19
2.2.1 General Perspective on the Importance of Writing Skill ............... 19
2.2.2 Writing Skill in EFL Arab Context ................................................ 20
2.2.3 Difficulties Faced by Libyan Arab Students .................................. 21

2.2.4 About Writing ................................................................................. 21
2.2.5 Teaching Writing ............................................................................ 22
2.2.6 Effective Writing ............................................................................ 24
2.2.7 Writing skill in EFL Arab Context ................................................. 27

CHAPTER III ..................................................................................................... 34
3.1. Method ............................................................................................. 34
3.2. Subjects ............................................................................................ 34
3.3. Instrument ........................................................................................ 34
3.4. Procedure ......................................................................................... 35
3.5. Population of The Study .................................................................. 35
3.6. Techniques of Collecting Data ......................................................... 36
3.7. Research Design ............................................................................... 37
3.8. Research Schedule ........................................................................... 37

CHAPTER IV ..................................................................................................... 39
4.1. The First Instrument ......................................................................... 39
4.2. The Seconds Instrument ................................................................... 47
4.2.1 English Language Writing Test ...................................................... 47
4.2.2 Result and Discussion .................................................................... 48

4.2.3 A Detailed Classification of Errors ................................................ 50
A. Tenses ........................................................................................
B. Prepositions ...............................................................................
C. Articles ......................................................................................
D. Active and Passive Voice ...........................................................
E. Verbs ..........................................................................................
F. Spelling Problems ......................................................................
G. Punctuation and capitalization ...................................................
H. Word Order ................................................................................
I. Singular and Plural ....................................................................
J. Morphological Errors ................................................................
4.3 Discussion .......................................................................................

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CHAPTER V ....................................................................................................... 73
5.1.............................................................................................................
Recommendation .............................................................................. 73
5.2.............................................................................................................Sugg
estion ................................................................................................. 73
5.3.............................................................................................................Conc
lusion ................................................................................................. 74
6. REFERENCES ............................................................................................. 76
7. APPENDIX ............................................................................................. 78

LIST OF TABELS

Table 1

Beliefs ............................................................................................... 41

Table 2

Method used to learn English ........................................................... 44

Table 3

Difficulties realization...................................................................... 45

Table 4

The number and percentages of errors .............................................. 49

Table 5

Errors of tenses ................................................................................. 50

Table 6

Errors of prepositions ........................................................................ 52

Table 7

Errors of Articles ............................................................................... 54

Table 8

Errors of passive and active .............................................................. 56

Table 9

Errors of verbs ................................................................................... 57

Table 10

Morphological errors ........................................................................ 65