Investigating Punctuation Difficulties Encountered by English Majors at the University of Palestine

摘要

This study aims to identify English language punctuating difficulties encountering by English majors at the University of Palestine, and to achieve the study objectives the researcher used descriptive analytical approach. The main tool of the study was (punctuation test) include (10) items. The researcher selected (20) students who are at first and second year at University of Palestine as a sample of the study, which are selected deliberate to achieve the study results. Result indicated that the female are better than male in using punctuation. Also, the researcher tried to investigate that results and give the student some advices to avoid problems or any difficulties in using punctuation. The most difficult punctuation marks that the students encountered were in Semicolon and Comma and the least punctuation difficulty was full stop.