Investigate spelling errors in writing composition of engineering students (A case study of MUET)

 This research aims to determine the factors related to causes impacts of spelling errors along with implications to help first semester students of engineering to overcome their spelling errors in writing composition. It was done in Mehran University of Engineering and Technology academic year 2022/ 2023. The researcher finds some causes, impacts of spelling errors. This problem is caused by some factors such as: English language has more sounds than letters, it has many spellings rule it makes the researcher interested in conducting research. This research focuses on students’ spelling error as main component of writing skill. This research was mixed in nature; however, data collection technique was done through writing composition, online survey, semi structured interviews. The research subject was first year Engineering students enrolled during Functional English and teachers teaching them this course, the number of students were 205 and 4 teachers. The data was collected from students and teachers in which types of errors from writing composition were analyzed through Cook’s model and pie chart while online survey related to causes and impacts was analyzed through SPSS, lastly interviews were analyzed with the help of Clark’s model of thematic analysis. The results of this research show English orthography is based on irregular patterns and there is no correspondence between sounds and letters which leads to spelling errors. Meanwhile, spelling errors leave negative impact of student on examiner.