Error Analysis of 10th Grade Students' Writing: A Case Study of Little Scholar Public Students Lower Swat

The aim of this paper is to analyze the errors of class 10th students at Little Scholars Public School Kuza Bandai KPK district Swat. This area of the study analyzes the errors of the students in English as a second language, such as sentence structure, subject and verb agreement, punctuation, lexical and functional categories. It gives the quantification of the students’ errors and their number. It was found that errors occur in a second language due to the interference of first language. On the contrary, errors in the target language also occur due to second language influence. Errors in second language occur due to the following factors: simplification, over-generalization, hyper-correction and faulty teaching. Finally, six lessons have been prepared to provide a solution to the errors of the students.