An Error Analysis of Writing Skills Among English Foreign Language Learners at University Utara Malaysia

This investigation is mainly concerned with analysing the writing errors found in EFL learners’ work, later classified into different categories. Based on the types, Dulay, Burt, and Krashen (1982) classify the writing errors into six distinct categories: (a) deletion of well-formed morphemes, (b) double marking of semantic features, (c) utilization of irregular rules, (d) use of incorrect word forms, (e) alternate use of two or more forms, and (f ) disordering