Abstract
The writing is a skill as well an art which was started since early civilization of mankind. The written expression provides an individual a skill to dress up his feelings, thoughts and imagination. The selection of words and phrases determine the outfit of human feelings and those who has the talent to play with the words is called writer or intellectual. The written aptitude is a God gifted, in born talent as well as the product of the environment. Usually schools transfer this ability from early days of studies. The present study is premeditated to spot the current situation/ quality of self writing skill among students at secondary level. For this purpose students of secondary classes from two public schools i.e. male and female from Bahawalpur were considered as the population of the study. The objective of the study was to explore the existing writing situation among students of secondary school. Equal numbers of male and female students (n=40) were selected from a public school. A diagnostic test was prepared and administered to check the writing performance of students. The main conclusions are: the writing ability among male students is better than female students and second there is a need to improve the writing skill among students; practice is required to excel in creative writing, finally schools need to develop an understanding about rules of grammar.
Keyword(s)
Quality, writing skill, English Language, Aptitude, Secondary Students