Writing proficiency of grade seven students

Abstract

The Present thesis entitled Writing Proficiency of grade Seven Students is an attempt to explore the free writing proficiency of basic level students of Nepalgunj City in terms of punctuation, spelling, paragraph writing, letter writing and essay writing. To meet the objective of research survey research design was adopted. To meet the objectives 40 basic level students from 3 community schools were selected by using simple random sampling procedure. Test item was used as the main tool for collecting the necessary data.Punctuation, spelling, paragraph writing, letter writing and essay writing test item were included in the test. The study showed that the students of D.S.S. were seen the most proficient in writing with average score of 22.7 and the students of S.S.A.V were seen the least proficient in free writing with average score of 12.07. The study showed that the students of D.S.S were found to be the most proficient in paragraph writing, application writing and students of S.S.A.V were found to be least proficient. In average girls were seen to be most proficient then boys. The average marks obtained by girls and boys were 33.2% and 32.14% respectively. This thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter deals with the general background of the study. Which, in turn, involves free writing and few descriptions on it as well as it involves research problem and questions, objectives of the study and delimitations of the study. The second chapter deals with review of related literature as well as conceptual framework. The third chapter contains the research methodology which includes sampling procedure, tools for data collection, process of data collection. The fourth chapter consists of the analysis and interpretation of the data, where data have been analyzed in terms of different headings, like total proficiency, school wise proficiency.The fourth chapter deals with findings and recommendations of the study. References and appendices are appended at the last.