English Writing Skill Level of Grade 10 STE Students of Looc Integrated School: SY 2018-2019
Keywords:
writing, socio-demographic profile, attitude, writing strategies, teachers, studentsAbstract
INTRODUCTIONIn today's world, English writing is a complex cognitive activity in which the writer is required to demonstrate control variables simultaneously. Strong skills may enhance students' chances for success. Good writing skills are needed for all students in order to accomplish their educational requirements and employability. Thus, this study’s objective is to investigate the relationship between the socio-demographic profile, attitude, and writing strategies and students’ performance in literary and technical writing.METHODSThis study used the Convenience Sampling to determine the level of writing skills of the Grade 10 STE students in English in terms of socio-demographic profile, attitudes, and writing strategies. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to determine the significant relationships between the socio-demographic profile, attitude, and writing strategies and performance of students in literary and technical writing.RESULTSBased from the data gathered it was found out that the socio-demographic profile, attitude, and writing strategies of the respondents has a significant relationship between their performance in literary and technical writing. This implies that, good performance in literary writing means a good performance in technical writing.
DISCUSSIONS
The result demonstrated that the learners' writing skill levels would help English teachers handling writing subjects in developing writing strategies suitable to the needs of the students.KEYWORDS:
