STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ENGLISH LANGUAGE WRITING SKILL (THE CASE OF DISTRICT BANNU)

Ihsan Ullah Khan; Asim Karim; Naveed Saif; Bakhtiar Khattak; Qamar Afaq Qureshi

Ihsan Ullah Khan Lecturer, English Dept. University of Science and Technology, Bannu
Asim Karim Associate Professor, University of Management and Technology, Lahore
Naveed Saif Lecturer, IMS Dept. University of Science and Technology, Bannu
Bakhtiar Khattak Department of Business Administration, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan
Qamar Afaq Qureshi Department of Public Administration, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan

Keywords: Writing skills, Innovative Strategies, Teachers, Students, treatment, control group

Abstract

This research study examined the application of innovative strategies for improving writing skills of Secondary level students. It also examined the steps taken by Secondary level teachers for the improvement of writing skills of their students. Effective written communication is the problem faced by all the ESL students at secondary level. The objective of the study was to help the secondary level students to overcome this problem. More specifically, this research study aimed to guide the teachers, teaching at secondary level, to bring innovation in their teaching by showing the results of innovative strategies. In order to know about the practices of the teachers, inside the classroom, data was calculated through rating scale questionnaire. After that experimental study was carried out. No improvement was observed in the writing skills of the students, belonging to Control group. Thus this research study proved to be a great contribution by guiding the teachers to bring a significant change in the writing skills of the students.