An EFL students case study in written grammar errors and mistakes when learning English as a foreign language

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Abstract: This research study is about an EFL students case study in written grammar errors and mistakes when learning English as a foreign language in Communicative Grammar II courses A and B in an institution of higher education in Loja city. The purpose for this research case study is to provide an overview of the most common grammatical errors made by EFL learners in writing. Besides, it is vital to describe, analyze, and interpret the results of errors and mistakes students make when learning English as a foreign language and distinguish how students feel when their teachers correct mistakes. Twenty seven students and two teachers were selected as a sample. Surveys, narrative passages, and six class observations were necessary to apply for gathering the information. This study was conducted using a mixed method approach involving both quantitative and qualitative process. The qualitative method was used for gathering the information in all of the process, and the quantitative method was used for numerical data. It was found that students are not aware when they make mistakes, and they are not conscious on which errors they make.