Determination of Writing Expression Skills of Primary School 4th Grade Students and Teachers' Activities During Writing Process

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to determine the writing expression skills of primary 4th grade students and their teachers' activities during writing process. The research was carried out with 472 primary school 4th grade students. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 classroom teachers in order to reveal the writing activities done by the teachers. Qualitative research method was used in the collection, analysis and interpretation of the data. The writings of the students were analyzed by document analysis. The data obtained from the semi-structured interviewed teachers were analyzed by content analysis. The results obtained from the research reveal that 4th grade students in primary school have a poor level of written expression skills. Findings from interviews with teachers reveal that teachers don’t do enough work in the classroom to improve their writing skills and to correct students' writing mistakes.

Keywords: Writing expression skill, Writing process, Teacher