Effectiveness of teaching materials in developing writing skills

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to find out the effectiveness of extra supplementary teaching materials in writing skills and to provide some recommendation for pedagogic purpose. For this study, I prepared a set of test items to collect the required information by administering pre test and post test. I myself was involved in teaching the students of Grade Nine. The overall findings of the study show that the uses of extra supplementary teaching materials have a positive impact in developing writing skill.

The study has been presented in four chapters. The first chapter consists of general background, status of the English language, language skills/aspects, writing skill, role of materials in language teaching, supplementary materials, review of the related literature, and objectives of the study. The second chapter describes the methodology applied to carry out the study which includes primary sources of data, secondary sources of data, tools used for the collection of data, procedures for data collection and limitations of the study. The third chapter consists of analysis and interpretation of the data. The finding derived from the analysis and interpretation of data and recommendations are presented in the fourth chapter. In the final section of the study, the references and appendices are included.