Abstract:
This study is designed to investigate '' the Effectiveness of Writing
Techniques in Developing Writing Skills at Secondary Level. The main aim of
this study is to raise teachers' and learners' awareness of writing techniques in
developing writing skills.
The data of this study was collected through two instruments a
questionnaire and a test. The questionnaire was designed and distributed to 50
secondary school teachers at Kassala locality and the test was administered to
100 third year secondary school students in Kassala locality. The subjects who
participated in this study were randomly selected from different schools in
Kassala locality.
The data was analyzed using descriptive method. The findings of the
study revealed that teaching writing need more efforts than other language
skills, in addition to that writing provides additional contact with the language
outside the classroom so it is an important mean of communication.
The findings also showed that some of the writing problems were due to
the teacher's role in teaching writing skills, the materials used, in addition to
that the time given to an English period is too short for practicing writing skills.
The study recommended that the teachers should offer opportunities for
their students to practice writing inside and outside the classroom.
