Effectiveness of TBLT for teaching writing skill at grade-viii
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Faculty of English Education
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.