A New Paradigm of Evaluation Techniques to Develop the Writing Skill of Professional Students: A Step Toward Learner Autonomy

Abstract

Grading technical writing is a challenging task which is comprised of content, style and form of the message. Testing, examination, measurement and evaluation are usually used words that signify the process of assessing or grading students’ performance. Evaluation is an integral part of teaching which includes a series of activities designed to measure the effective of the teaching-learning system as a whole. In this regard, the present study has adopted a qualitative approach to explore the writing problems, factors that obstruct writing development, and suggestions to improve writing skills of Professional students using evaluation techniques like Comprehensive Continuous Evaluation and Portfolio Method. Language is used as a means of communication in both speech and writing. Writing is not only a linguistic to be acquired for its own sake, but it is also an important aid in fixing the language material already learnt.