PROBLEMS IN TEACHING WRITING
Abstract
Abstract: This article deals with the writing skill difficulties which are one of the most significant problems that affect not only native English speakers, but also hundreds of students that are learning English as a second or foreign language around the world. The fact that the latter do not have interest them to be poor writers, have low scores in their courses, increase the errors in their homework, write run on sentences and create incoherent paragraphs.
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