| Pub. Date | : Sep, 2022 |
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| Product Name | : The IUP Journal of English Studies |
| Product Type | : Article |
| Product Code | : IJES050922 |
| Author Name | : Shaheen Altaf Shaikh |
| Availability | : YES |
| Subject/Domain | : Arts & Humanities |
| Download Format | : PDF Format |
| No. of Pages | : 12 |
In India, English occupies the position of a foreign language and is taught in many schools as a second/third language. However, a lot of importance is attached to the mastery of English, and it is necessary to determine the status of mastery of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing (LSRW) skills and the lacunae, if any. Of all the skills, writing is the most used skill by students pursuing higher education. This paper aims to find out the status of the overall writing ability and its elements in students studying English as a Foreign/Third Language. It also aims to diagnose the lacunae in the writing ability of the students studying English as a Foreign Language (EFL). The variables selected were gender, type of school (government/private) and medium of instruction. The results showed that there was no difference in students' writing ability based on gender. The writing ability of private school students was better than that of government school students, and the writing ability of English medium students was better than that of Urdu and Telugu medium students. There was no significant difference in the writing ability of Urdu and Telugu medium students.