A comparative study on challenges of English writing among the students of Bhutan and Bangladesh

Abstract

The study mainly focuses on exploring the difficulties faced in English writing by undergraduate students of Bhutan and Bangladesh. It basically includes the opinions of the students on English writing based on their experiences. It is a qualitative, Phenomenology study, where the researcher selected six undergraduate students who are in their second year and interviewed them for the data collection. Additionally, different English writing challenges like grammar errors, English as a second language, Writing anxiety, and lack of English reading were incorporated to make a framework. So the study shows that most of the students had English writing challenges because of Grammar errors, spelling, and organization, English as a second language, and writing anxiety. Further, these findings will not only help the teachers and students of Bangladesh and Bhutan it can also be helpful to see and address the English writing challenges.