This study aims at investigating the effect of using of graphics organizer techniques for teaching writing skill. And it also examined the quality and adequacy of writing activities provided in student’s textbook Writing-1-. Thirty – second tertiary level students participated in a quasi-experimental study for approximately one month. The study employed the experimental and descriptive research methods where the researcher used graphics in the experimental group to help to get ideas to write about and to help explain how different pieces of information are connected, while graphics were not used at all in the control group. The researcher used pre and post-test, textbooks analyses as tools for data collecting the findings indicate that the experimental group outperformed the control group statistically in the post test .
The findings which came out of the research:
- A marked improvement in the writing performance of students who were taught by using graphics organizer.
- Poor and inadequate writing activities in the textbooks.
- There is a need for further reviewing of the writing activities in student’s textbox.
- Incorporation of authentic materials in textbook particularly material for developing writing skills.
Keywords: graphics organizer, writing activities, writing skill, writing techniques
