ISSN(Print): 2709-6254 | ISSN(Online) : 2709-6262 | ISSN-L : 2709-6254

Title

The Effect of Four Skills Integrated Approach on Students’ Ability to Write an Expository Essay


Authors

  1. Kamran Ali
    Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, DHA Suffa University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
  2. Dr. Asadullah Larik
    Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hamdard University Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
  3. Dr. Munawar Sultana
    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hamdard University Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Abstract

The research paper investigates the impact of four skills integration approach to teach expository essay at the undergraduate level in Pakistani context. The study uses a quasi-experimental research method. Ninety students participated in this study. Four intact classes were selected to draw the sample. A language proficiency test was given to select the sections which are homogenous in terms of English Language proficiency. Two clusters were formed based on two different teaching approaches. The cluster which was taught in a traditional way was termed as control group and the cluster which received intervention, which was four skills integration, was termed as treatment group. The data run on SPSS and the result shows that treatment group scores appeared greater than the control in the post-test. This study highlights the importance of integration of reading, writing, speaking, and listening to develop students’ language proficiency in general and ability to write expository essays specifically. The research also points out to other alternative research methods to draw insight into the process of learning to write essays.

Page Numers

121-129

Keywords

Four Skills Integration, Quasi Experiment, Writing Skills

Article

Article # 12
Volume # 3
Issue # 2

DOI info

DOI Number: 10.47205/jdss.2022(3-II)12
DOI Link: http://doi.org/10.47205/jdss.2022(3-II)12

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