Some studies (Lado 1957; Richards 1971; Lim Ho Peng 1976; Abbort 1981)
classify the learner’s errors into two general categories: those which result from
17 mother tongue interference and those which result from within L2 interference
system itself. Both categories of errors (writing problems) are discussed and
analysed in appropriate contexts. Table 1 gives a statistical summary of the main
writing problems noted from the students’ essays arranged on the basis of raw
frequencies rank order starting with the highest to the lowest frequencies.