![]() Results and analyses of errors in the written samples revealed that students made a substantial number of errors in both rating scales. A methodological triangulation was employed in this research. The current study examined the most common types of academic writing errors and the causes of such errors made by 44 tertiary EFL Arab-Israeli students. In reference to students' previous learning experiences, stereotyped writing topics, the use of written clichés, rote learning and memorization, lack of critical and creative thinking, competitive learning environment, and exam culture have been reported as factors affecting students' writing development. ![]() Moreover, some socio-cultural challenges have influenced students' writing development such as students' previous learning experiences, lack of reading habit, and L1 interference in L2. Findings of the current study indicated two socio-political challenges: namely, suppression of students' voice in writing and the lack of accountability. Socio-political and socio-cultural challenges were two main challenges contributing to students' difficulties in essay writing. Findings of the study revealed that Egyptian students encounter various writing difficulties in planning, coherence, cohesion, style, unity, mechanics and revision. Findings of the study suggest that Egyptian different contexts are forceful dimensions in students' realisations and reproductions of their writings an indicative of writing challenges that Egyptian students encounter. Within a social constructionist theoretical framework that informed my investigation, I conducted the current study using mixed methods namely, questionnaires, in-depth semi-structured interviews and semi-structured classroom observation. The focus of this paper is to shed light on the different socio-political and socio-cultural challenges deemed to have substantial impact on Egyptian students' essay writing development. This study is part of a wider investigation that aims to explore Egyptian students' essay writing difficulties.
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