Q: Can you please help me write the background of the study for my topic around students’ oral skills?

Very briefly, the background of the study has to set the context of the study. It has to talk about why you are conducting the study – what gaps you seek to address, what new knowledge you wish to add to the existing literature, or what remedies or solutions you intend to provide.

So, for your topic, you’ll probably need to talk about the benefits of public speaking as a whole, different kinds of speaking activities (such as answering queries by teachers, reciting poems, and participating in elocution, debate, and storytelling events and contests), and the various ways in which they can help build students’ oral skills as well as confidence.

You will need to support various points by insights and inputs you gain from related studies. So, before writing your paper, you will need to do a comprehensive literature search. Finally, the background comes in the Introduction section of the paper.

For more help on the points discussed above, you may go through the following resources:

• How to write the background of your study
• What is the best way of stating the background of a study?
• 4 Step approach to writing the Introduction section of a research paper

For more information, you may look up the site using the relevant keywords.

All the best for the background and the study!