Gender-Based Analysis of Pakistani ESL Learners’ Written English Essays

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Dr. Ahsan Bashir, Maryam Aleem, M. Asif Ikram Anjum, Sadaf Qayyum

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The present study aims to investigate gender based differences in the written English augmentative essays of Pakistani ESL learners. Being a productive skill, argumentative writing in a second language has always been found challenging for second language learners. Essay writing is an activity which is performed at different levels among students while learning a second language. Forty intermediate class level male and female students of a private college in Pakpatan Sharif were the subjects of the study. Procedural analysis of errors by Ellis (2008) served as the theoretical framework for the present study. The findings revealed that female students made fewer errors as compared to their male counterparts. Moreover, the frequency of spelling and grammatical errors in males is higher as compared to female students.

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