Analysis of Errors made by Sudanese niversity Students in their English Written Text:A case study of Ahfad and Sudan University of Science and Technology

This paper aims to identify, classify and analyze errors made by Sudanese University students at Ahfad University for women and Sudan University of Science and Technology, discovering the role played by mother tongue, the arbitrary nature of English Language, the techniques of teaching writing skills, and the University curriculum of English in the occurrence of these errors.
Researcher used a descriptive approach to achieve the objectives of the study, two types of tools were used to collect data, a questionnaire of twenty seven statements was developed covering the areas of mother tongue interference, the nature of English language, writing teaching techniques; and English test.
Major findings were as follows: Errors committed by students are attributed to learning strategies adapted by them such as overgeneralization and simplifications of the target language rules. Moreover, these errors are attributed to carelessness and lack of memorization of spelling words, in addition to ignorance of punctuation rules. English teachers need training to improve their teaching skills. In the light of the results of the study the researcher suggested some recommendations as follows: Further studies should be conducted to investigate errors committed by EFL students in their spoken English language. Study is recommended to investigate the effectiveness of a combination of techniques in teaching writing compared with other techniques.
تهدف إلى تحليل الأخطاء التي يرتكبها طلاب الجامعات السودانية في جامعة الأحفاد للبنات وجامعة السودان للعلوم والتكنولوجيا، واكتشاف دور اللغة الأم، وطبيعة اللغة الإنجليزية، وتقنيات تدريس مهارات الكتابة، والمناهج الجامعية للغة الإنجليزية في حدوث هذه الأخطاء