An Evaluation of Teaching-Writing in the English Language Classroom in Bengali- Medium Schools

Abstract

It is supposed that writing is an essential but difficult skill for EFL students to accomplish. This study aims at investigating teaching and learning strategies followed by teachers of English and secondary Bengali-medium school students concerning writing practice inside the classroom. It further concentrates on identifying English language teachers and students' attitudes towards teaching and learning writing and finding out the problems faced by the secondary students when they start writing anything of their own. This paper also explores how writing is taught and practiced in the English classes of Bengali-medium schools. Because of the complexity of the aims, mixed method has been followed. Secondary level students and their teachers have been randomly selected as the subjects for this research activity. This investigation reveals that teachers in Bengali-medium schools mostly follow the Grammar-Translation method although there is an arising tendency to follow the Communicative Approach. In case of evaluating the piece of writing of the learners, the teachers are completely product-based.