Abstract:
This research is aimed at investigating the awareness of teachers and students in
developing writing skills through continuous assessment in Shambu College of Teacher
Education. An effort was made to explore the present knowledge of teachers and students
in assessing writing. To conduct the study, a descriptive survey based on both qualitative
and quantitative data were employed. To achieve the objective, all EFL instructors in
Shambu College of Teacher Education and third year „English focus‟ students participated
in the study. To collect the data, questionnaire consisting of closed and open-ended
questions were utilized as a main data gathering tool which was substantiated by interview.
The findings of the study revealed that the majority of both teachers and students are not
aware of developing writing skills through continuous assessment. It was found that most
teachers and students are unaware about the importance of formative assessment, formative
feedback and writing assessment methods. Furthermore, it is recommended that the college
and other concerned bodies in educational sector should give training or workshops to
make them aware as CA develops the students writing skills.
