Global Journal of Management and Social Sciences ISSN 2519-7088 (Online) Vol 3, No.1, Jan-Mar, 2017.Page #57-80. ISSN 2519-0091 (Print). www.gjmsweb.com Editor@gjmsweb.com. ________________________________________________________________ 57 INVESTIGATING AN EFFECTIVE COLLABORATIVE TEACHING WRITING APPROACH IN NON-ELITE ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB-PAKISTAN. Agha Masood Ahmad Khan*, Qamar Sabira**, Abdul Ghafoor Awan*** ABSTRACT The objective of this research paper is to investigate an effective collaborative teaching writing approach and the problems faced by the learners while writing a non-elite English medium school, Early Learners’ Campus, (ELC henceafter) Multan- Pakistan. In order to find the difficulties faced by the learners, both qualitative and quantitative methods were used and semi-experimental research was conducted by implementing a blended collaborative teaching writing approach V.S.P.O.W. that stands for word/phrase pooling (V), sentence making (S), paragraph writing (P), and outlining (O) and essay writing (W); introduced by a Chinese researcher Wong, 2009 at elementary level. In qualitative research, pre and post tests were given before and after teaching sessions to check learners’ English writing ability and data was analyzed through SPSS software (Version 20). Our study results show that learners were facing a lot of difficulties and significant improvements were observed after implementing V.S.P.O.W. approach which had enabled the learners to write and produce individual texts at the end of action research by using collaborative approach. We recommend to employ V.S.P.O.W. writing approach at school level and also to conduct teachers’ training workshops and professional trainings for the teachers to overcome the difficulties encountered by the learners and teachers in writing skills. Keywords: English Language Teaching (ELT), Collaborative writing approach, V.S.P.O.W. (vocabulary pooling, sentence making, paragraph writing, outlining and essay writing), non-elite school, Southern Punjab. Type of Paper: Research paper. ________________________________________________________________________ * Assistant Professor English, Government Degree College Jalalpur Pirwala, Multan. aghamasoodkhan@gmail.com. Cell # 03084182482. ** M.Phil English Linguistic Scholar, Department of English, Institute of Southern Punjab-Pakistan. Sabira.qamar@hotmail.com. Cell# 0345 7272070. *** Dean, Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Institute of Southern Punjab, Multan-Pakistan.drabdulghafoorawan@gmail.com. Cell # 923136015051. ________________________________________________________________________