Errors Committed by Tenth Graders in Mechanics of Writing

Abstract

The research entitled Errors Committed by Tenth Graders in Mechanics of Writing is an attempt to find out the errors committed by tenth graders on capitalization, spelling and punctuation in writing letters.The main objectives of the research were to identify the errors in mechanics of writing and to explore the differences between the errors of the students of private and public schools in writing letters. To carry out this research, Is elected two schools from Chitwan district, i.e. a public school and a private school. Thirty students were selected from each school using purposive non-random sampling procedure. I used both primary and secondary sources of data. A set of test items was the tool for data collection. The first item was informal letter;the second was application letter.The findings of the study show that,the students committed the highest number of errors in spelling and lowest number of errors in capitalization. Likewise, the findings show that the students of private school were found less errors than public school in mechanics of writing.The study consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with introduction,which consists of background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study,research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definition of the key terms. Chapter Two deals with review of related literature and conceptual framework,review of the related empirical literature,implication of the study and conceptual framework.Chapter Three deals with methodology. It consists of design and method of the study, population,sample and sampling design, area/field of study,tools for data collection,data collection procedure and data analysis and interpretation procedures.Similarly,Chapter Four consists of analysis and interpretation of the data. I analyzed the errors in mechanics of writing. I counted errors in total, school-wise errors in each item, item-wise errors in mechanics of writing and I compared errors between public and private schools in total. Lastly, Chapter Five incorporates the summary, conclusion and implication at various levels i.e. policy level, practice level and further research. This last chapter is followed by references and appendixes.