Exploring EFL Students’ Writing Deficiencies: The Case of Second Year Students of English At Belhadj Bouchaib University of AinTémouchent

Abstract

This research study sought to find out the causes related to EFL students‟ deficiencies in language production at Ain Temouchent's English department. University. Questionnaires were designed for second-year LMD students and some of teachers. The results obtained from the case study showed that the students‟ failure in speaking and writing was due to: lack of reading, lack of practice, inadequate time allotted, in addition to the psychological variables in speaking, such as: low self confidence and self-esteem, demotivation and anxiety. In this view, the result of this extended essay was to examine the learners‟ and teachers‟ perceptions of the factors involved and tried to give some remedies required to develop learners‟ proficiency level.