Résumé:
The present study aims at investigating and determming through error analysis the
interference of Modern Standard Arabic in the first year LMD students’ writing at the
department of English Jijel- University. To achieve the ultimate aim, a questionnaire is
administrated to 7 teachers of written expression at the department of English, through which
teachers’ attitudes towards the effect of Standard Arabic (mother tongue) on their learners’
written production will be presented. Additionally, forty paragraphs were collected for an
error analysis written by first year students, as well as are analyzing to expose the main
common errors types. This research attempts to shed light on the main grammatical errors
committed by EFL learners ‘in their writing performance and finding out the main reasons
behind these errors. The finding obtained in this study reveals that a lot of different
grammatical errors was found and classified into various categories and these errors are due to
mother tongue interference (inter-language). On the light of these results, the earlier
hypothesis is confirmed that that students’ awareness about the interference of the standard
Arabic (mother tongue), may help them to write effectively with less grammatical errors.
