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    “Syntactic Error Patterns in Writing Compositions of EFL Students’’
    (Ecuador : Pujilí : Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi (UTC), 2025-02) Morales Yaguarshungo, Christian Andres; Romero Palacios, Amparo de Jesús
    Mastering the writing of a second language requires too much effort, this action implies to have a correct knowledge of a structural precision and a linguistic competence. However, EFL students face several challenges to master this since due to the low knowledge of grammar students tend to make these errors of a syntactical nature, therefore, this can negatively interfere with the learning process. This project aimed to analyze syntax errors patterns in writing composition of EFL students of the Remigio Crespo Toral Educational Unit. The methodology applied was qualitative and quantitative, the participants were 12 seventh and eighth grade students, 6 students per course, the data collection technique was Gass' theory and the instrument was a written diagnostic test consisting of a 60-word paragraph in which they had to describe about some collectible or valuable objects for them, from the data analysis these types of errors were found. Omission of articles, subject, letters, prepositions, substitution of verbs, use of articles, verbs, pronouns, morphemes, order and agreement errors. It was concluded that the main difficulties presented by the students are the lack of grammatical knowledge of the English language, its pronunciation and form. In addition, the interference of the mother tongue making evident the presence of this type of syntactic errors. In addition, it is worth mentioning finally that the teachers of said Educational Unit are indirect beneficiaries of this project since through this research, in the future, methodologies can be implemented to solve these errors.