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Rural south Tamilnadu students who step into their colleges are found to be in lower level in their second language English. The researcher intended to prove this condition and conducted a diagnostic test in writing skill to the first year under graduation students.340 first year students from various departments participated in this study. A qualitative study is made to analyse the inter lingual and intra lingual skills developed by both English Medium and Tamil medium students. Inter lingual and intra lingual errors are identified, analysed and categorized. It is found that the Tamil medium students, even after 12 years of English language acquaintance, still suffer from mother tongue influence and have committed a lot of inter and intra lingual errors. Those students could not construct correct English sentences. The students who have studied in English medium have improved their proficiency level than the Tamil medium students. This study is significant and will be useful for the teachers to know the level of the students so that they can give them the suitable remedial measures and assist the students towards successful English language learning.