Enhancing the Writing Skills of Grade 12 Students through Process Approach

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Writing is known as a complex intellectual task involving many component skills which is perceived to be difficult to most students. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of Process approach in enhancing the writing skills of grade 12 HUMSS students at Paliparan II Integrated High School. Moreover, the study is anchored on Expressivist Process Theory of Writing in which it highlights the process of writing that is centered on the writer's transformation through underscoring each step before completing the output. It also helps the students develop social skills of the students since it will require them to do peer evaluation in which they will learn from one another.

METHODS

The researcher employed quasi-experimental research with one group pretest and post-test design. This research method lacks the randomization in the selection of respondents. Also, there is no controlled group involved in the study. The pretest result served asthe baseline in the identification of the respondents involved in the study. Furthermore, the statistical treatment applied were mean, standard deviation, and Z-test.

RESULTS

The findings of the study revealed that there was a significant difference between the pretest and post-test scores of the students in the writing test after the utilization of the teaching strategy. The Z-test also revealed that the performance of the students in the writing test were identical prior to the implementation of the teaching strategy. It also obtained that the post-test scores of the students achieved significantly higher in compared with the pretest score.

DISCUSSIONS

The result of the study presents the effectiveness of process approach in enhancing the writing skills of Grade 12 HUMSS students. It revealed that when learners are given guidance and opportunity to reconsider and revise their writing in each step through intensive assistance by the teachers, they will improve their writing skill. This supports the claim of many researches in writing that process approach is deemed effective in enhancing the writing skills of the students.