Abstract
Teaching strategies perform a great role in students’ learning at every level of education. This paper presents achievement in English writing skills and the practices of teaching used by teachers. Under Mixed-method, Sequential exploratory design was chosen for this study. Sample was selected from private schools of Lahore city offering Secondary School Certificate. Four private schools were selected through purposive sampling technique. In each school one section of SSC was selected as sample. Teachers and students of the selected classes were included in sample. Research instruments comprised of interview protocol and achievement test. Interviews were conducted to explore the teaching strategies for developing writing skills. Essay type test was developed and administered to students to measure the English writing skills. Test was developed by using intended learning outcomes of curriculum of English language. Criteria for developing rubrics for scoring of test was based on the students’ intended learning outcomes from curriculum of SSC. Findings revealed that for developing writing, teachers frequently use lecture, questioning, feedback, self-review and pair work. Test results showed that writing skills of students are not much developed. They rely on textbook as an important resource. Teachers do not give emphasis on student centered methods for teaching writing because it takes much time.
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