Effectiveness of TBLT for teaching writing skill at grade-viii

Abstract

The present study was conducted to examine the Effectiveness of TBLT for Teaching writing Skill at Grade-VIII. The objectives of the study were to find out the task and the effectiveness of task based language teaching in teaching writing and to suggest some pedagogical implications. This study was conducted in SOS Hermann Gmeiner Secondary school, Itahari, Sunsari, Nepal. The students of class 8 were taken as the sample of the study. First, the researcher took a pre- test and formed into two groups after that real teaching was started. The researcher taught for 25 days using task- based approach for teaching free writing such as essay writing, letter writing, dialogue writing and news report writing . After the completion of teaching, a post- test was administered. Two progressive tests were taken in between pre-test and posttest. The results of both the tests were compared to 1determine the effectiveness of task- based approach using experimental research on teaching writing. While teaching

writing skill through TBLT, students were found to be highly motivated. The result of experimental group was seen better due to the effectiveness of TBLT.

This thesis work consists of five chapters. Chapter one Introductory consists of general background, statement of the problem, rationale of the study, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study and delimitations of the study. Chapter two deals with the review of related literature, theoretical framework and conceptual framework along with the implications of the review for the study. Chapter three provides the methods and the procedures followed by the researcher in the collection of the primary as well as secondary data. Chapter four consists of results and discussions of the data. The` data were analyzed and interpreted on the basis of the average score in the pre- test and post- test along with progressive tests. The last chapter consists of summary, conclusions and implications of this research.