Effectiveness of Writing Personal Letters in Developing Learners' Writing Skills

Abstract

The present study entitled "Effectiveness of Writing Personal Letters in Developing Learners' Writing Skills" was an attempt to find out development of grade ten students in writing skills through personal letters. To fulfill the set objectives,I selected one of the government schools,Shree Nepal Rastriya Secondary school in Dullu municipality in Dailekh. After selecting the sample,a per-test was administered. Then, I divided the students into two groups ;experimental group and control group for my present study. During the research period, altogether 30 lessons on writing personal letters were taught regularly. The experimental group was taught practicing on personal letter regularly to develop their writing skills whereas control group was taught practicing on other writing compositions like dialogue writing, story writing and picture description. The data for the study were collected from grade ten students through different test items, (Pre-test, progress tests and post-test) and scores were analyzed and compared to each other. The data were analyzed using simple statistical tools like percentage, average scores and tables. It was found that the experimental group showed test wise better results in all the tests in comparison to control group. Thus, it is proved that practicing on writing personal letters became effective in order to develop learners' writing skills. This thesis is divided into five chapters. Chapter one introduces general background, statement of the problem, objectives, research questions,significance and the delimitations of the study. Chapter two deals with the review of the related literature and conceptual framework. Chapter three introduces the methods and procedures of the study. It includes the design of the study, Population and sample of the study, sampling procedures, data collections tools, data collection procedures and data analysis and interpretation procedures. And chapter four presents analysis,interpretation and comparison of all the collected data for the result and discussion. The last chapter presents the main findings of the study and some implications for the policy level,practice level and further research have been made. This chapter is also followed by references and appendices.