A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE IN WRITTEN ENGLISH OF SECONDARY SCHOOL LEARNERS

The present paper focused on the diagnosis of the secondary school learners in order to find out the communicative needs of them in writing English. Communicative competence is the competence which is today's need. Writing in English is one of the major part of this competence. In today's world, bookish knowledge doesn't do anything. Students should be developed their ability to face the challenges across the globe. In the present study, 60 students of Ix th std of Ekveera High school in Dhule city had been selected to find out their communicative needs in writing English for the further study of the investigator. The standardized diagnostic test was implemented which was constructed by Dr. Lata S. More and the investigator. The findings of the test showed that IX th Std. students are really in need to be developed in writing English.