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Aims, Objectives and Hypotheses
1.8 Aims and objectives
The main objectives of the study are as under :
1. To identify the needs of the learners in terms of written expression.
2. To review the present practices of teaching writing in Gujarat.
3. To review the present practices of testing writing in Gujarat.
4. To review the literature related to the process of writing.
5. To review the literature related to recent trends in teaching and testing writing.
6. To devise effective techniques and materials to teach writing.
7. To devise effective techniques and materials to test writing.
8. To try the new techniques and materials on a representative sample.
9. To finalize the set of strategies to improve the teaching and testing of writing on the basis of the findings.
1.9 Hypotheses
a) The teaching of written communication in schools in Gujarat does not engage the learners in meaningful writing tasks. Composition
work is mostly does mechanically and learners are not required to think and write something meaningfully.
b) It is possible to evolve the techniques which activate actual use of English wherein learners are required to keep the situation and the
intended reader in mind when they write something.
c) It is possible to produce materials which involve natural use of language and which present appropriate models of writing.
d) It is possible to evolve the techniques which can effectively measure learners’ ability to choose the language which is
appropriate to the situation as well as accurate.
Null Hypotheses
(1) The conventional and experimental techniques do not differ significantly from the point of view of the learners’ performance in the post
test.
(2) The achievement level of the learners in the experimental group which is exposed to the new techniques and materials will not be higher
than that of the achievement level of the controlled group.
Research hypotheses
1. The new techniques and materials are more beneficial than the conventional techniques and materials.
2. The achievement level of the learners in the experimental group will be higher than the achievement level of the learners in the control
groups.
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