A Study on Students’ Use of Punctuation Marks in English Writing – A Case Study of Nepal

Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu, M.m Campus, Nepalgunj, Nepal ,Ramesh Prasad Adhikary

doi:10.22606/jaer.2020.53001

Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu, M.m Campus, Nepalgunj, Nepal , Ramesh Prasad Adhikary

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https://doi.org/10.22606/jaer.2020.53001

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The present research is focused on correct and erroneous use of punctuation marks and compares boys and girls in terms of the use of punctuation marks. It mainly focused on finding out the proficiency of the students in the use of punctuation marks in English writing. In order to fulfill these objectives, 40 students of class XI (20 boys and 20 girls) from GVN Secondary schools of Banke District, Nepalgunj, Nepal were given test items related to the guided writing. To select school, the researcher used judgmental non-random sampling procedure and to choose students, random sampling procedures were used. The researcher found that fullstop has the highest frequency (i.e. 34.42%) and slash has the lowest frequency (i.e. 1.02%) of the total use. Article visualizations:

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1.1 General BackgroundSpeech, Writing and Punctuation English is an international language and it is known as the lingua franca because it works as a contact language among people from different speech communities
Speech is oral form of language in which we can perform our task with the help of speech sounds and writing is the graphic form in which we can perform our task with the help of letters of the alphabet
The major conclusion and recommendations of the study are as follow: 5.1 Conclusion From the analysis and interpretation of data the following conclusion have been drawn: 1) Among eleven punctuation marks, the researcher found that fullstop has the highest frequency (i.e. 34.42% of the total use) and slash has the lowest frequency (i.e. 1.02% of the total use)

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1.1 General BackgroundSpeech, Writing and Punctuation English is an international language and it is known as the lingua franca because it works as a contact language among people from different speech communities. The major aspects of language are: speech and writing. They are two modes of communication through which we can perform our task in the different situations. Speech is oral form of language in which we can perform our task with the help of speech sounds and writing is the graphic form in which we can perform our task with the help of letters of the alphabet. Speech and writing are the two modes of communication through which language can function in the society. Speech is oral form of making use of phonetic substance, i.e. speech sounds and writing is the graphic form making use of graphic substance, i.e. written symbols, like the letters of the alphabet. Speech may be considered the primary mode of communication in the sense that we speak before we can write

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