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This study attempts to identify the errors that Arab EFL learners commit in writing English essays at the macrolinguistic level. It also tries to determine the causes of these problems and propose remedial strategies. More specifically stated the study seeks answers to the following questions: (1) What errors do Arab learners of English commit in writing English essays at the pragmatic and discoursal levels? (2) What are the possible causes of these errors? (3) How can such problems be minimized? and (4) To what extent do English language textbooks contribute to such problems? Five hundred essays and the contents of eight EFL textbooks were analysed for the purpose of this study. The findings revealed that Arab learners of English encounter major macrolinguistic problems in writing English essays, including coherence problems, cohesion problems, unawareness of logical relations between sentences, run-on sentences, poor paragraph development, and violation of the maxims of the cooperative principle. It was also found that teaching materials and the writing activities used in teaching English do not adequately develop students' pragmalinguistic competence. Finally, the study identified a few potential causes of these problems and proposed a number of strategies that may help learners and teachers overcome such difficulties.

Planning is a process of determining what to teach and how to teach it. This process involves formulating specific objectives, procedures, techniques, activities and evaluation methods to check to what extent the expected learning outcomes have been accomplished. The format of a lesson plan may differ from one teacher to another or from one school to another. Planning lessons may not be effective without proper classroom management of the available resources, procedures, and class time as well as the physical setting of the classroom. Teachers need to be aware of the significance of both planning and management skills and techniques as two major components that contribute to effective teaching and learning.