Abstract:
Despite the constant efforts in developing English Education in Ghana, it is still obvious
students at almost all the levels display poor skills in composition. In view of this, the
researcher decided to find out the effective ways that teachers of the English language
could use to help students at the colleges of education level to overcome their writing
difficulties. Among the tools used were test, observation, interview and the design took
the form of pre-intervention, intervention and post intervention.
Findings revealed the following deficiencies in students’ essays: lack of substantial
content, poor organization, poor expression and very horrible mechanical accuracy.
Besides, teachers adopted only the traditional method in teaching essay writing. Also
teachers who handle large classes hardly give written assignments to their students. These were some of the problems identified. The researcher recommended that teachers of English language should eschew laziness and give equal attention to essay writing just
like the other aspects. This will encourage the students to study and practice the
descriptive essay writing.
Description:
A Dissertation in the Department of Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Languages,
submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, University of Education Winneba in
partial fulfilment of the requirements for award of the Master of Education in
Teaching English as a Second Language Degree
NOVEMBER 2017