Developing English Writing Skill with Brookes and Withrow’s Writing Steps of the University Students

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the development of teaching writing through Brookes and Withrow’s writing steps.

38 respondents by purposive sampling of the 1 year university students were selected to study. They enrolled the English writing course of General Education Department.  Four research instruments were used 1)  Brookes and Withrow’s writing steps exercises 2) Brookes and Withrow’s writing steps tests 3) 3 free writing tests and 4) an evaluation form. Research data were analyzed by mean scores, percentage and standard deviation.

The research finding revealed that the respondents’ scores of the experimental class were found over 60% and the respondents’ satisfaction was observed at the highest level.