Writing Proficiency of Ten Graders in Tehrathum District
Date
2012
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Faculty of English Education
Abstract
This research entitled Writing Proficiency of Ten Graders in Tehrathum
District has been carried out with the aim of finding out the writing proficiency
adopted by the students of selected six higher secondary schools in Teharthum
District. In order to find out the proficiency in writing a set of questionnaire for
the students of government aided high schools was prepared. In the
questionnaire, different questions were asked related to writing skills. This
study is mainly based on the primary sources of data. The sample population of
study consisted of 60 students studying in grade ten of Tehrathum District. Ten
students were from each selected school. Thirty boys and thirty girls from six
different higher secondary schools. The required data were collected by using
questionnaire of subjective test. The responses were collected through answer
sheets and analysed them. The research found that the proficiency of writing
was good according to their level. In overall, the students of selected Higher
Secondary School found to have good proficient in writing. In the gender-wise
comparison, the female informants of each school performed better than the
male ones.
This thesis has been divided into four chapters. The first chapter deals with
introduction which presents a brief overview of teaching writing skill,
components of writing, process of writing, Mechanics of writing, stages of
writing, the essential characteristics of good writing, Importance of writing,
writing proficiency, Review of related literature, objectives of the study and
significance of the study. Likewise, second chapter deals with the methodology
of this study, sources of data, sample and sampling procedure, tools for data
collection, limitation of the study. Third chapter deals with analysis and
interpretation of collected data and fourth chapter presents findings and
recommendations of the study. The findings have been outlined on the basis of
the analysis and interpretation of the data and appropriate recommendations
and pedagogical implications have been finally made. References and the
appendices are presented in the final part of this study.
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Writing Proficiency, Language Skills