Writing Skill between Reality and Ambition

Abstract

This study aimed to focus on the writing skill for the undergraduate students, showing its importance in shaping their personalities, and upgrading the capacity of their linguistic performance. The researcher asked a sample which is (100) student to write two essays; the first one was diagnostic, and the second was preceded by a training program which included exercises, activities and many teaching strategies. According to the results of the study, there were statistically significant differences between the percentage of students who have fallen into errors before the training program and the percentage of those who have fallen into errors after the program. Furthermore, the percentage of students who have fallen into errors after the program was lesser than before the training program, which indicates that the program is an essential contribution to reduce the weaknesses of the writing skill for students.