Abstract:

Teaching practices for developing students‟ writing skills perform a great role at every level of education. This paper explores and compares the teaching of English writing skills at secondary education streams i.e. Matriculation and O level in Pakistan. Sample was selected from private schools of Lahore city conducting Matriculation and O level concurrently. Twelve private schools were selected through random sampling technique. From these twelve schools one teacher of Matriculation and one teacher of O level were selected to collect data. Interviews were conducted from teachers of these schools to explore the teaching practices for developing writing skills at secondary education streams. The comparison between the views of teachers at Matriculation and O level resulted that the teachers at O level perform more proactively with their students on their engagement in English classrooms and choose the appropriate method of assessment for their students. There are more brainstorming practices, feedback practices, extensive reading and process oriented writing at O level. On contrary, for developing writing skills teachers of Matriculation mostly use written clues, memorization without developing creativity, criticality and generating ideas. They rely on text books for teaching writing. The recommendations are made to the relevant authorities.

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