AWARENESS OF STUDENTS ABOUT WRITING DISCOURSES LIKE STORY

WRITING AND TITLE MAKING

Nancy Susan Kurian

B. Ed English II year student, Mount Carmel College of Teacher Education, Kottayam.

ABSTRACT

The article titled AWARENESS OF STUDENTS ABOUT WRITING DISCOURSES LIKE

STORY WRITING AND TITLE MAKING is a report of the study conducted among the
students from IV IX STD in St. Josephs Girls Home, Kanjikuzhy, Kottayam. I had used the
survey method to assess the knowledge of students and found out that the students are not aware
of the steps of story making and the relevance of the title of the story. The study is also
conducted to promote reading habits in students and thus develop their creative skills and also
familiarize them with the steps to write a story and the way to give a title to it.

KEY TERMS: Story Writing, Title Making, Initiating Action, Rising Action, Climax, Falling
Action, and Resolution.

INTRODUCTION

English is a global language. In the modern period, for different countries to co-operate in trade
commerce, science and technology, English is the most competent and efficient language. In the
field of education, the study of English language gains more importance due to its supreme
position. English language deals with different discourses like essay writing, story writing, title
making, etc.

The story writing has 6 steps includes introduction, initiating action, rising action, climax, falling
action and resolution. In the introduction, the author introduces the characters, setting, time,
whether, etc. Initiating action is the point of a story that starts with rising action. Rising action is
events leading up to the climax or turning point. Climax is the most intense point of the story. In
the falling action, the story begins to conclude. And resolution is a satisfying ending to the story
in which the central conflict is resolved. The title should be given according to the theme of the
story, character or a memorable line of the story. The title should be written in capital letters and
must be underlined.

NEED AND SIGNIFICANCE

A survey is useful in determining the present trends and solving current practical issues. This
survey suggests the course of future developments for those who are interested in similar
problem. The main thing is that the students get awareness about discourses like story writing
and title making. The survey also helps to assess the awareness of students about story writing
and title making. Through this survey, we can make students aware of the importance of creative
and imaginative skills as well as writing skill by writing stories and creating titles for them.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The title of the study is AWARENESS OF STUDENTS ABOUT WRITING DISCOURSES

LIKE STORY WRITING AND TITLE MAKING

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

The objectives of the survey are as follows;

1. To find whether the students have awareness about writing discourses like story writing
and title making.
2. To provide practice to students in writing discourses like story writing and title making.
3. To develop a sense of responsibility to be of service to the community.

HYPOTHESIS OF THE STUDY

The students are not aware about the steps of story writing.
The students do not know about the relevance of title of a story.

TOOLS, TECHNIQUES AND METHADOLOGY

In the survey method a questionnaire consisting of 25 queries about story writing and title
making were distributed among 10 students from STD IV- IX of St. Josephs Girls Home,
Kanjikuzhy, Kottayam. The questions were Yes/No type ones and hence the students found it
easy to complete the task.

The survey method is used for the study to assess the awareness of students about the steps of
story writing and the way to give an apt title for the story. The survey method makes use of
various techniques of collecting data such as tests, questionnaires, observation, interview and use
of statistics in analyzing the data.

DATA ANALYSIS

1. The students who wrote stories. 30%

2. The students who know the steps of story writing. 60%
3. The students who noticed the introduction of characters. 80%
4. The students who noticed the turning point of the story. 80%
5. The students who noticed the specialty in the characters of the story. 60%
6. The students who gave importance to the theme and identified the narrator of the 70%
story.
7. The students who are interested in reading stories. 100
 %
8. The students who have a favourite author. 40%
9. The students who read story books. 30%
10 The students who read stories recently. 30%
.
11. The students who find story easy to understand than essays. 90%
12 The students who know the relevance of title to the story. 40%
.
13 The students who are interested in writing stories. 40%
.

MAJOR FINDINGS

In the survey, it was observed that the students are familiar with stories. But they were not sure
about the steps of story writing. After the detailed class about story writing and title creation, the
students got a clear idea about the steps of the concerned discourse.

CONCLUSION

The students have an idea of story writing and title creation. But they did not get enough time
and chance to explore their creative skills like story writing and title creation, essay writing,
review writing, etc. The teachers can arrange short training programmes for students to improve
their creative thinking ability.

REFERENCES

https://en.m.wikipedia.org
https://m.wikihow.com
English Language Education by Dr. K. Sivarajan, T. V. Ramakrishnan and K. Mridula