Errors Committed in Writing

Abstract

The present study entitled Errors Committed in Writing is an attempt to find and describe the errors committed by ninth grade students in terms of mechanic in free writing. Survey research design was chosen to carry out this research, the researcher has selected 45 students (15 from each school) studying in three schools in Sarlahi district. For collecting data, a set of test consisting of two essays was administered to the students. The students were intended to write some paragraphs on the given topics. In the free writing of the students only the mechanics of writing were analyzed. Accordingly, the findings were derived from their writing. From the data analysis and interpretation, it was found that students commit the highest number of errors in spelling in their writing. Likewise, the errors were found in capitalization and punctuation. This thesis consists of five chapters. First introductory part includes general background, statement of problems, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of study, delimitations of study and operational definitions of key terms. The second chapter consists of review of related theoretical and empirical literature, implications of the study and conceptual framework. Likewise, the third chapter is related with methodology which includes design and method of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, data collection tools and techniques, study area/ fields, data collection procedure and data analysis and interpretation similarly chapter four consists of analysis and interpretations of errors. Finally, the fifth or last chapter deals with findings/ conclusion and recommendations of the study followed by references and appendices.