The Most Common Spelling Errors Arab Students From Grades 6-9 Make in Their Learning of English

The study aims to investigate the most common spelling mistakes English learning students from Grades 6-9 in Nablus and Jenin UNRWA schools make in light of gender and grade variables. For this purpose, the researcher dictates texts from the school textbooks of these grades to a sample of 241 students （107 males and 134 females）. The results showed the following： （l） The most common mistakes UNRWA students from Grades 6-9 make are： frequent letters, dropping letters, putting letters before others, dropping the letter ＂e＂, and the unpronounced letters respectively; （2） there are significant statistical differences in means of spelling errors among students from Grades 6-9 due to gender variable in favor of males, who show a high level of errors in comparison of females; and （3） there are no significant statistical differences in means of spelling errors among students from Grades 6-9 due to grade. In the light of the study findings, the researcher suggested some recommendations, such as dictation exercises whi