Predominant Errors in Written Discourse of the FFS Students: Basis in the Formulation of Remedial Module

Abstract

Over the years, writing has been viewed as one of the most cogent ways through which a person can communicate and extraordinarily influence and touch others’ lives even in their most remote places and solitary moments. It has been considered as an ultimate recourse deemed to provide a way out for a man to escape the enticing snares of indifference and to break the iron shackles of physical repression and intellectual hush-up. The researcher believes that something must be done to remedy these serious language problems. Lecturers and researchers should not close their eyes to such situation. It is necessary to have a thorough and careful study of the problems of the students particularly in composition writing. They should know what remedial measures to give. By knowing all these things, the English lecturers can have a better method especially in the teaching of composition writing. The researcher observed this alarming deterioration of the quality of the written English. It is for this reason that prompted him to take courage in conducting study of the common errors in written discourse of the PSPP students of the Faculty of Foundation Studies to find out the common errors committed in their compositions so that these can be remedied or minimized.

Keywords: Composition writing, Composition, Writing difficulties, Errors, Grammatical errors and Mechanical errors, Predominant.