Investigating the Factors Behind Foreign Language Learners’ Grammatical Errors in Writing Skill : Investigating the Factors Behind Foreign Language Learners’ Grammatical Errors in Writing Skill : The Case of Second Year LMD Students of English at the University of Bejaia

Abstract

Error Analysis has long been considered as an important aspect in the educational field.The present study investigates the factors behind foreign language learners’ grammatical errors in the writing skill of second year LMD students at the University of Bejaia. The aim of the present study is to determine the morphological and syntactic errors among second year students and to get some of the possible sources behind their occurrences. In order to explore this subject, the researcher uses a diagnostic test which reveals that second year students commit errors because of overgeneralization and the omission of some elements in the learners’ sentences and many other factors