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STUDENTS' RESEARCH WORK-5, SUPERVISED BY MD. MUSTAFIZUR RAHMAN SAMEEN

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Mustafizur rRhman:
Appendix 2
Teacher Questionnaire

1.   Do you think grammar and vocabulary are the basic elements in writing skill development?
                    A) Yes            B) No
2.   Did you do any specialized course on writing skill?
                   A) Yes             B) No
3.   Do you apply your prior knowledge to your teaching?
                         A) Yes             B) No
4.   Do you use visual aids/IT support for better understanding of the students?
                         A) Yes            B) No
5.   Do you give written comments in exam scripts?
                         A) Yes            B) No
6.   Do you allocate extra time for students writing skill?
                   A) Yes            B) No
7.   Do you think creative writing is helpful for the development of writing skill?
A)   Agree B) Strongly agree C) Disagree D) Strongly disagree
8.   Do you agree essay and spelling bee competitions help in developing students writing skill?
A)   Agree B) Strongly agree C) Disagree D) Strongly disagree 
9.   What limitations do you face in your classroom?
A) Lack of IT support B) Lack of departmental support C) Lack of students’ interest            D) others

Mustafizur rRhman:
Appendix 1
Student Questionnaire:

1.   What is your gender? 
      A) Male    B) Female.
2.  Which program are you studying?
      A) Graduation    B) Post graduation.
3.   According to you how much importance is the writing skill is for student?
     A) Of great importance    B) moderately important    C) less important
     D) Of no importance   
4.   What is the level of your confidence in writing? 
      A) Highly confident    B) Moderately confident    C) less confident
      D) Not at all confident
5.   Which part of writing do you feel most interesting?
            A) Grammar    B) vocabulary    C) free hand writing
6.   Which part of writing do you find most challenging?
      A) Grammar    B) vocabulary    C) free handwriting
7.   Lacking of what is the cause of Bangladeshi students poor writing skill?
     A) Lack of proper guidance    B) lack of time    C) lack of knowledge
     D) Lack of interest
8.   What grade did you get in writing?
            A) A+    B) A    C) A-    D) B+    E) B
9.   Do you have habit of writing diary/book/poem? 
            A) Yes    B) No
10.   Are you interested to find out the solution of your writing problem?
      A)  Yes    B) No
11.   How do you find the solution of the problems that you face in writing?
     A) Yourself    B) teacher    C) group discussion    D) neutral

Mustafizur rRhman:
References

Books:

1.   Anderson, D.W. 1968, Teaching Handwriting. Washington, DC: National Education Association.
2.   Hadfield, J.2000, Simple Writing Activities. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
3.   Harmer, J. 2004, How to Teach Writing. Harlow: London.
4.   Hedge, T. 2005, Writing, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
5.   Lewin, L. 2003, Paving the way in Reading and Writing, 1st edition, San Francisco: Jossy-Bass


Web sites:

1.   “Why writing skill is important”. Retrieved from World Wide Web: http://www.articlesbase.com/writing-articles/why –writing- skill- is- important.on 20 March, 2014.
2.   “Writing in English”. Retrieved from World Wide Web: http://www.EnglishWithASmile.net.on 25 March 2014.

Mustafizur rRhman:
Conclusion

Finally, we can come to the conclusion that most of the students face a lot of problems in developing English writing skill and it is matter of great satisfaction that almost all of them want to come out of those problems. From the questionnaires it is clear that most of the students face problems in grammar, vocabulary and free handwriting. And all the students know how much important is writing skill. In the 3rd student questionnaire we have got the target answer that writing skill is of great importance for students. Most challenging part is vocabulary and interestingly most interesting part is also vocabulary. So some students feel comfortable in dealing with vocabulary while others feel uncomfortable. Each and every language consists of a huge number of words. The more words we know, the easier our words will flow. So it is important to know vocabulary properly to express ourselves accurately. Lacking of knowledge, time, guidance, interest and departmental support are the cause of Bangladeshi students’ poor writing skill. However, good writing skill depend much more on students activities and for this they should develop a habit of practicing by their self because “practice makes a man perfect.”

Mustafizur rRhman:
Recommendations

In the procedure of our research work on writing skills of Bangladeshi students, we have found many problems and here are some recommendations that will help to solve those problems. These are:

   Students should build up a habit of reading English newspaper daily.
   Read good books on different writers.
   Students should try to use simple but different words which will make their writing more understandable and apprehensible.
   Search for unknown words in the dictionary.
   Try to know different rules of grammar and use the rules in writing.
   Teachers should teach the students properly.
   Government should provide special course on writing skill for teachers as a teacher want students to know what he/ she knows.
   Departmental support should be up to the expectation.
   Creative writing competition on essays or recent topics should be organized.

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