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Questionnaire
Teaching Writing
(d) How do you teach?
This section of the
questionnaire sought information about the classroom procedures adopted by teachers to teach composition.
Table Three
Teacher’s Questionnaire: Teaching Writing
| No. |
Questions |
Never |
Rarely |
Some times |
Often |
Very Often |
| 1. |
Do you get a double period in the time table for writing work? |
26%
|
06%
|
36%
|
10%
|
22%
|
| 2. |
Do you discuss the topic with your pupils?
|
|
|
|
30%
|
70%
|
| 3. |
Do you write a model paragraph on the blackboard? |
|
|
04%
|
26%
|
70%
|
| 4. |
Do you write an outline on the blackboard?
|
16%
|
04%
|
30%
|
30%
|
20%
|
| 5. |
Do you make your pupils write a rough draft first and then revise it?
|
14%
|
14%
|
32%
|
30%
|
10%
|
| 6. |
Do you make your pupils work in groups or pairs?
|
30%
|
20%
|
40%
|
10%
|
|
| 7. |
Do you get special classes for writing in you time table? |
30%
|
12%
|
08%
|
10%
|
32%
|
| 8. |
Do you teach writing with other skills like speaking and reading?
|
08%
|
04%
|
32%
|
32%
|
24%
|
| 9. |
Do you discuss the mistake with your pupils after checking their compositions? |
01%
|
02%
|
03%
|
20%
|
74%
|
Table four gives details of the classroom procedures adopted by the teachers to teach writing. All the teachers discuss the topic with
their pupils and write a model paragraph on the blackboard. The responses to questions 3 and 4 show some discrepancy. While all the
teachers have indicated that they write a model paragraph on the blackboard, in answering question 4, about 80% indicate that they write an
outline on the blackboard (30% ‘sometimes’, 30% ‘often’ and 20% ‘very often’) interviews and observation of classroom practices revealed that the
whole paragraph is either written on the blackboard or dictated by the teacher for the whole class to copy.
| 