Proficiency of darai and other students in free writing : comparative study

Abstract

A language is an integrated form of four skills, i.e. listening, speaking, reading and writing. Among them writing is considered as the most difficult one to acquire. Regarding English language teaching, it has been taught in Nepal for over a century. However the high percentage of failure in each district level exam and SLC in English subject shows that most of the students are facing problems in writing. In this context, the researcher was motivated to carry out her study on Proficiency of Darai and other Students in Free Writing: A Comparative Study. The main objective of this study was to find out the proficiency of secondary level Darai and other students in free writing in terms of different variables such as punctuation, s-v agreement, articles and proficiency in cohesion and coherence in their writing. For this study, the researcher took the sample of students studying in Grade nine and ten from a public school of Nawalparasi district. The total sample size consisted of forty students. I used survey method to accomplish the study. As the study was related to the proficiency in free writing, I used the test items such as narrative essay, descriptive essay, letter and dialogue writing. The major finding of the study shows that the Darai students are less proficient in writing skill compared to Non-Darai students. The study has been presented in five chapters; the first chapter consists of general background, statement of problem, objectives of the study, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definition of the key terms. The second chapter deals with the review of the related literature, implications of review of the study and conceptual framework. Chapter three deals with methods and procedures of data collection which includes sources of data, sample population and sampling procedure, tools and process of data collection, and data analysis and interpretation procedure. Chapter four consists of analysis and interpretation of results, and summary of findings. Likewise the fifth chapter deals with conclusion and recommendations, followed by references and appendices.