TEACHING WRITING USING PICTURE STORIES AS TOOLS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL: THE MOVEMENT FROM OTHER REGULATION TO SELF REGULATION doc

LANGUAGE IN INDIA Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow Volume 13 : February 2013 ISSN 1930-2940 Managing Editor: M S Thirumalai, Ph.D Editors: B Mallikarjun, Ph.D Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D B A Sharada, Ph.D A R Fatihi, Ph.D Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D S M Ravichandran, Ph.D G Baskaran, Ph.D L Ramamoorthy, Ph.D Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A TEACHING WRITING USING PICTURE STORIES AS TOOLS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL: THE MOVEMENT FROM OTHER REGULATION TO SELF REGULATION Y NIRMALA, M.Phil The English and Foreign Languages University Hyderabad-500 605 India nimmi.ciefl@gmail.com Language in India www.languageinindia.com 13 : February 2013 Y Nirmala, M.Phil Teaching Writing Using Picture Stories as Tools at the High School Level: The Movement from Other Regulation to Self-Regulation – M.Phil Dissertation TEACHING WRITING USING PICTURE STORIES AS TOOLS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL: THE MOVEMENT FROM OTHER REGULATION TO SELF REGULATION Y NIRMALA Supervisor Dr CHANCHALA K NAIK Professor and Head, Center for ESL Studies EFLU, Hyderabad A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN ENGLISH [English Language Teaching] THE ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD-500 605 August 2008 Language in India www.languageinindia.com 13 : February 2013 Y Nirmala, M.Phil Teaching Writing Using Picture Stories as Tools at the High School Level: The Movement from Other Regulation to Self-Regulation – M.Phil Dissertation Dedicated to: Amma, Nana and Chinni Language in India www.languageinindia.com 13 : February 2013 Y Nirmala, M.Phil Teaching Writing Using Picture Stories as Tools at the High School Level: The Movement from Other Regulation to Self-Regulation – M.Phil Dissertation AKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank:  My supervisor, Dr C K Naik for her able guidance, patience and approachable nature without which this work of mine would not have been possible Thank You madam for all that, you have been to me  Amma, for your everlasting love, affection, continuous support, encouragement and regular phone calls Nana, for all YOU are Chinni for your unflinching love and care  My Ammamma and other family members for all their blessings, love, care and affection  Members of the RSC (ELE), for academic support  Prof A V Ashok for his affection and blessings  Dr Shruti Sircar for all her help and encouragement during the initial stages of the study  Dr Padmini Shankar for her support, encouragement, and dinners  Prof Raja Gopal, Prof Paul Gunashekar, Prof Mohan Raj Dr.Mukta Prahalad, Prof Prema Kumari, Dr Geetha Durairajan, Language in India www.languageinindia.com 13 : February 2013 Y Nirmala, M.Phil Teaching Writing Using Picture Stories as Tools at the High School Level: The Movement from Other Regulation to Self-Regulation – M.Phil Dissertation Ms.Lina Mukhopadhyaya, Dr Kishore Kumar, Dr.Anand Mahanand, Dr Veda Sharan, Dr Meera Srinivas, Dr.Julu Sen, for being wonderful teachers  Mrs.Bharathy and Mrs Pauline for all their love, support and affection  Mrs Amitha Ruth, for her love, affection and encouragement always Sr Shiny K.P (JMJ), for being a wonderful friend Thanks for your prayers, support, and phone calls Anitha, my dear friend for all her love, help, support, encouragement and prayers Folk thanks for your lonnnggggg… phone calls, chatter under trees, fun, food and all that you have been to me Sowji, my heartfelt friend for all the emotional support, massages, food, fun, prayers, long chats, typing and continuous encouragement Dolon, for all the chatter, fun, massages, academic and emotional support always  My friends, Tesfayer (professor), Tadesse (Teddy), Madhav (Folk), Meena, Asebu, Manisha, Vishwa Prasad, for all your support  Ram, Reddy, Padma, for the great friends you are Thanks for your phone calls, help and encouragement  Mr Venkat and Sowji for your care, affection, support and phone calls  Jagadeesh anna for all your help always Joe & Alice, Aru and Reju, Sweta and Depak, Bhavani and Cherry, Seshu, Shivaram, Samuel, Lidwin, Robert, Richard, Abhilash, Aravind, Sudarshan, Language in India www.languageinindia.com 13 : February 2013 Y Nirmala, M.Phil Teaching Writing Using Picture Stories as Tools at the High School Level: The Movement from Other Regulation to Self-Regulation – M.Phil Dissertation Kavitha, Sheela, Ganga, Aruna, Zakia, Wafaa, Santana Lakshmi, Sr Sharada, Maruti, Joshna, Suchi, Sree, Poori, Rani, Manju Latha, Reena, Ritu, Sumathi, Sheik for being good friends Ravi, Vamsi and Praveen for your help Raja (J J), for your ever-ending help, affection, support at every stage of this study Thanks for typing, proof reading, biblio, print outs, formatting Without YOU this work would have been impossible Hats off for the patience and hard work that you sacrificed for me  Sr Marie Claire, for all your love and prayers  The CIEFL library staff for their help  The Government Boys High School, Kuppam Staff and Students for all their contribution, help and time for this study Thanks for the Students of Class IX, for their patience and cooperation during data collection  Sagar bhaiya and Sai Xerox, Without YOU my stay on the campus would not be happy  Members of DBMSA for your direct and indirect support  Last but not the least, I must put on record my thanks and indebtedness to all those who have helped me in some way or the other in the completion of my research work Language in India www.languageinindia.com 13 : February 2013 Y Nirmala, M.Phil Teaching Writing Using Picture Stories as Tools at the High School Level: The Movement from Other Regulation to Self-Regulation – M.Phil Dissertation Table of Contents Chapter One: Introduction 1.0 Statement of the Problem - 1.1 Importance of English in the Global Context 1.2 Importance and Status of English in India - 1.3 The ELT Situation in Rural India 1.4 Background 1.5 Hypothesis/ Assumptions of the Study -1.6 The Research Problem 1.7 Relevance of the Study - 1.8 Scope of the Study - 1.9 Chapterization - 1.10 Overview of the Chapter - Chapter Two: Writing as a Skill and its Various Aspects 2.0 Introduction 2.1 Writing - 2.2 Defining Writing - 2.3 The Importance of Writing - Language in India www.languageinindia.com 13 : February 2013 Y Nirmala, M.Phil Teaching Writing Using Picture Stories as Tools at the High School Level: The Movement from Other Regulation to Self-Regulation – M.Phil Dissertation 2.4 Writing as a Complex Skill - 2.4.1 Characteristics of Writing 2.5 Approaches to Teaching Writing – an Overview 2.5.1 The Control - to - Free Approach 2.5.2 The Free Writing Approach - 2.5.3 The Paragraph Pattern Approach 2.5.4 The Grammar – Syntax – Organization Approach 2.5.5 The Communicative Approach 2.5.6 The Product Approach - 2.5.7 The Process Approach -2.6 Kinds of Writing - 2.7 Forms of Writing - 2.7.1 Summary Writing 2.7.2 Essay Writing - 2.7.3 Paragraph Writing - 2.7.4 Journal Writing 2.7.5 Poetry Writing -2.7.6 Letter Writing - 2.7.7 Story Writing 2.7.8 Picture Writing -2.7.9 The Use of Pictures in the ESL Classroom Language in India www.languageinindia.com 13 : February 2013 Y Nirmala, M.Phil Teaching Writing Using Picture Stories as Tools at the High School Level: The Movement from Other Regulation to Self-Regulation – M.Phil Dissertation 2.8 Conclusion Chapter Three: Theoretical Framework 3.0 Introduction - 3.1 Review of Related Literature - 3.2 Implications for the Present Study - 3.3 Theoretical Underpinnings of the Study 3.3.1 Some Perspectives - 3.3.2 Problems of ESL Learners 3.3.3 Teaching Writing – A Movement from Other Regulation to Self-Regulation 3.3.4 Discussion 3.4 Conclusion - - Chapter Four: Research Design 4.0 Introduction 4.1 The Research Design - 4.2 The Pictures 4.3 The Subjects Language in India www.languageinindia.com 13 : February 2013 Y Nirmala, M.Phil Teaching Writing Using Picture Stories as Tools at the High School Level: The Movement from Other Regulation to Self-Regulation – M.Phil Dissertation 4.3.1 The Learners’ Profile 4.3.2 Attitude to Learning English 4.4 The Teachers - - 4.4.1 Teachers’ Profile 4.4.2 Attitude to Teaching English 4.5 Location and Environment of the School 4.6 Classroom Observation - - 4.7 Techniques Used in the Teaching - Learning Process - 4.8 Curriculum and Syllabus -4.9 Research Procedure 4.10 Conclusion - Chapter Five: Data Analysis and Interpretation 5.0 Introduction - 5.1 Procedure for Data Analysis 5.2 Questionnaire - 5.3 Analysis of Classroom Teaching Tasks 5.4 Analysis of the Answer Scripts of the Recently Conducted Examinations -5.5 Discussion of the Course Book - 5.5.1Writing 5.5.2 Analysis Language in India www.languageinindia.com 13 : February 2013 Y Nirmala, M.Phil Teaching Writing Using Picture Stories as Tools at the High School Level: The Movement from Other Regulation to Self-Regulation – M.Phil Dissertation 10 ... 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