Strategies Used in Teaching of Writing Essays
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Department of English Education
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This research entitled Strategies Used in Teaching of Writing Essays is an attempt to
find out the strategies adopted by secondary teachers in teaching writing essays. It also
aims to find out teachers’ perception towards strategies used in teaching of writing
essays. In order to achieve these objectives, two research tools viz. class observation form
and interview were prepared. Ten secondary schools of Rupandehi district were
purposively selected having one teacher from each school for the collection of data. After
preparing the tools, I visited the sampled schools to develop a rapport with the teachers.
Then, I observed the classes of the selected teachers for four days focusing on the
strategies of teaching writing essay and also interviewed to the selected teachers. Very
divergent situation was found in the strategies of teaching writing essay. Regarding
classroom observation, 87.5 per cent teachers motivated the students towards writing
whereas 12.5 per cent teacher did not motivate. Similarly, only sixty per cent teachers
highlighted the importance of writing in pre-writing stage. Fifty per cent teachers were
found to provide a brief introduction of the topic orally before writing. Likewise, 70 per
cent teachers were found giving oral instruction while-teaching activities. Similarly, all
teachers were found doing well in post- writing activities. Regarding teachers view
towards teaching of writing essay in language class, I found that all the teachers agreed
that writing is necessary for learning English and their students faced many problems
while writing essay. They also agreed that the strategies they used in the classroom help
the students to do better in writing essay. But not all teachers were found to apply the
same way in teaching writing essay.
The present study consists of four chapters. The first chapter deals with general
background, objectives of the study, significance of the study and review of related
literature. Chapter two deals with the methodology of the study which consists of source
of data, population of the study, tools of data collection and limitations of the study.
Chapter three deals with the analysis and interpretation of the data. And chapter four
deals with the summary, findings and recommendations for pedagogical implications.