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Suggestions for Further Research

5.7 Suggestions for Further Research
This study could be repeated with slight modifications at class VIII and X level. Similar studies could also be conducted at the primary and higher secondary levels.  Keeping in mind the syllabus and coursebook used at the various levels a number of group work and pair work activities could be worked out.  The techniques like know your friend, Ask and be organized, Note down please, could be used at different levels and could be made simple or complex suited to the level of the learners.  For example in know your friend learners have to work in pairs and ask each other questions to collect information about their pair partners.  At the simplest level learners could ask questions like what is your name? How old you are? ’What is your father’s/mother’s name? etc.  At a more higher level they could ask questions about the likes and dislikes of the pair partners, what he wants to become later in life and why he likes that profession etc.

Similarly letter-writing and paragraph writing could be used at different levels with varying levels of difficulty.  At class VIII level learners could write brief notes using simple sentences.

For example;
 
Dear Mahesh,
 Meet me at 5.  I have a new ball.  We can play together. 
        Yours,
      Ramesh.

Dear Ramesh,
I will come at 5.  Thanks for calling me.
        Yours,
        Mahesh.

At higher levels they can include more details in their letters according to their interest.  They can play different roles and write letters from different points of view.  They can write to their classmates about topics of common interest.

Research could also be carried out it other aspects of communication.  This work is mainly concerned with written communication.  Similar work has been taken up in the area of Oral communication and materials production in Guajarti.  Other areas like reading could be taken up.  The implications of this study points to the fact that a certain amount of teacher orientation is necessary.  Hence, further research could be conducted at the level of teacher education and software production for audio and video programmes.

The present study is a modest attempt to study certain aspects of written communication. The field is very vast and a number of other studies could be carried out.