Enhancing Writing Skills: A Review

Abstract

English is taught as a language from primary level in India. Fluency in English plays a key factor in job opportunities and gives confidence to the user while communicating. But most of the school and college students are unable to speak and write English properly. Among the basic skills writing is considered as very important.  It is a big challenge even for the native speaker to be proficient in writing. The barriers can cause Indian students to develop a negative perspective on writing. Nowadays they tend to exhibit very little curiosity in writing. This paper is a brief review of methods, approaches, and strategies employed in the research done on English language teaching to develop writing skills.