EFFICACY OF PROCESS GENRE APPROACH-PGA IN DEVELOPING ACADEMIC WRITING ONLINE

Abstract

COVID-19 has hit very closely and has affected every sector of life forcing life or people to a New Normal. Online teaching during the lockdown and pandemic has become a new normal for teachers and students alike. Teachers and students had gone through several trials and errors to come to appease online teaching-learning. One such experiment was conducted to test the effectiveness of Process-Genre-Approach in an online classroom to improve students’ writing achievement and embed selfevaluation abilities among students. The data was collected through pretest and posttest, and pre and post-experiment questionnaires. The study was conducted with freshmen students enrolled in the English for Academic Purpose writing course. The findings of the study showed a 30% increase in the writing achievements of students. Besides, the findings from the questionnaire have given weightage to the improvement in confidence, online surfing, writing fluency, negotiation, and synthesis skills. The findings of the study are quite beneficial for teachers, students, and policymakers in developing writing skills among English for Academic Purpose students