Condition of Paragraph Writing Skills in Private Sector Schools of Islamabad at Primary Level
Abstract
The major objective of this research was to find the Condition of paragraph writing skills in private school of Islamabad at primary level. The design of this study was a survey to assess the paragraph writing skills of students of Grade 3 in private schools. Grade 3 students of a private school were selected for this research. Nine boys and eight girls were selected as sample. During survey, the students were asked to select any four topics and write a paragraph on them. They were given the time of 90 minutes to complete this task. The data analysis was done by the software SPSS 22. The reliability of test was determined by reliability analysis. The scoring rubrics were used to analyze the paragraph writing. It was recommended that the paragraph writing might be better if the improvement in teaching method is improved like communicative approach.
Authors
Arshad Mahmood Qamar
Lecturer (Science Education), Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad, Pakistan
Sher Muhammad
Assistant Professor (Social Sciences), Hamdard University Karachi Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
Dr. Wajiha Kanwal
HoD, Department of Education, University of Wah, Wah Cantt, Punjab, Pakistan
Keywords
English Classroom, Paragraph writing, Primary Level, Private Sector