A STUDY ON THE STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS AT ELEMENTARY LEVEL IN QUETTA, BALOCHISTAN

Abstract

The study is intended to compare the teaching strategies applied by public and private schools teachers for teaching creative writing skills in English. The teachers from government and public schools taken as sample. An adapted structured questionnaire designed by Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (2010), was utilized to gather information from teachers on using teaching strategies. The collected data was analyzed by using T test through SPSS to conclude the study. Eventually, the study concluded that there was no significant difference in the overall performance of teachers in teaching English, teaching writing and reinforcement strategies between private and government schools it is proposed that it is important to build the capacity of teachers in area of instruction, assessment and management of variety of strategies to teach English writing. In this regard the teachers should be provided separate classes or periods on regular basis to enhance the student writing skills.