• Rakib Uddin

The study explores the reasons of fear for the first semester under-graduate students of a private university in Dhaka city. Data were collected from 60 students studying in the first semester at different departments and also from 10 teachers teaching English at different departments. Besides 7 classes were attended and observed. Data were collected from the respondents following a mixed method approach. Major findings of the study show that poor skill in English, demotivation, inadequate vocabulary, spelling mistakes, defective sentence patterns and inadequate grammar knowledge are the reasons of students’ fear. However, in order to acquire freehand writing skill the students need to overcome all the deficiencies and follow the proper strategies to reach their goal. The free-hand writing skill can be achieved by increasing vocabulary, learning basic grammar and spelling, continuing proper practice every day and obviously by following teachers’ proper instructions.

Skill, strategy, fear, motivation, instruction, practice, acquire.

"Free-hand Writing in English, a Fear for the First Semester Under-graduate Students of Prime University: Reasons and Remedies", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 11, page no.456-469, November-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907T36.pdf

"Free-hand Writing in English, a Fear for the First Semester Under-graduate Students of Prime University: Reasons and Remedies", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 11, page no. pp456-469, November-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907T36.pdf