Surigao State College of Technology

Graduate School, Surigao City

SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING ANXIETY AND WRITING PERFORMANCE

OF GRADE 10 STUDENTS

A Thesis Presented to

the Faculty of the Graduate School

SURIGAO STATE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

Surigao City

In Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirements for the Degree

MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION

Major in English

GORGONIO B. CABAÑAS III

March 2017
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APPROVAL SHEET

SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING ANXIETY AND WRITING PERFORMANCE

OF GRADE 10 STUDENTS

GORGONIO B. CABAÑAS III, 2017

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the

degree of Master of Arts in Education, major in English,

this thesis has been reviewed and is recommended for

approval in Oral examination.

ALICIA Z. MAGHUYOP, EdD

Adviser
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APPROVED by the Committee for Oral Examination with a

grade of PASSED.

ELVIS P. PATULIN, PhD,EdD

Chair

NENITA S. BUOT, PhD IRMALYN B. PAYMALAN, MS

Member Member
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CERTIFIED that the author passed the Comprehensive

Examination on May 2015 and this thesis is ACCEPTED in

partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Master of Arts in Education, major in English this March

2017.

EMMYLOU A. BORJA, EdD

Chair, Graduate School
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

First of all, the researcher would like to convey his

deepest sense of gratitude to the Almighty Father - Yahweh,

for the strength and the resilience He has continually

bestowed to him;

Also to the following personalities for the endless

support and encouragement that paved the way for the

realization of this study:

Dr. Alicia Z. Maghuyop, the researcher’s adviser for her

constant motivation, encouragement, and guidance that helped

in the completion of this academic output;

Dr. Nenita S. Buot, Dr. Elvis Patulin and Ms. Irmalyn B.

Paymalan, the Panel of Examiners for their constructive

comments, suggestions, and pieces of advice for the

enhancement of this study;

Mr. Ruel T. Buba and Dr. Ma. Tavita Q. Lumintac, the

researcher’s statisticians for sharing their statistical

adeptness;

Dr. Emmylou A. Borja, the Chair of Graduate School for

her genuine encouragement to hurdle this challenging

endeavor;

Bible Baptist Church- Malimono, his spiritual family,

Mr. and Mrs. Fidel Macoto and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baculio,
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his relatives, and Mrs. Elsa Cabañas-Pelicano, his aunt for

their prayers, encouragement and assistance;

Mr. and Mrs. Roldan S. Cabañas Sr.,his parents, sisters,

Rizza and Rhea Mae, brothers, Roldan Jr., Raymund and Ronald,

nieces, Rose Zael and Racquel Danne, cousins, Mary Fe and

Trisha Marie for their unending love and support;

His Bunyasan National High School family, for their help

and understanding;

Lastly, to the Grade 10 students of Malimono District,

the respondents for their cooperation, patience and for

their precious time spared in answering the questions and

providing the needed output for the realization of the

study.

To ALL named and unnamed generous people who have

etched a mark in his heart, please accept the researcher’s

warm gesture of gratefulness!

G.B.C.III
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ABSTRACT

The study determined the extent of the second language

writing anxiety and writing performance of Grade 10

students in English in the secondary schools of Malimono

District, Province of Surigao del Norte. Specifically, it

sought to answer the level of second language writing

anxiety of the students as to content, organization,

convention and academic language used. It also looked into

the significant difference on the ratings of the

respondents and the significant relationship of second

language writing anxiety to the writing performance of the

students.

The descriptive research design was used in the study.

The respondents were the 264 Grade 10 students from the

different secondary schools of Malimono district. The

researcher utilized on adopted questionnaire particularly

the Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory Tool. The

statistical tools used were; Frequency and percentage, mean

and standard deviation, ANOVA and pearson correlation.

Based from the results, this study found out that the

Grade 10 students have experienced a high level of second

language writing anxiety; the writing performance of the

students have shown satisfactory outcome as to content,

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convention and academic language used. However, the

students garnered less satisfactory result in reference to

organization; the Grade 10 students significantly differ in

reference to their writing performance results, and there

exists no significant relationship between second language

writing anxiety and the writing performance of the

students.

Considering the findings, the following conclusions

were drawn; the Second Language Writing Anxiety (SLWA) is a

prevalent problem in language learning even for secondary

students, the writing deficiency in the area of

organization requires greater language input to ensure

better learners output, the students possessed varied

cognitive responses in coping with the emergence of second

language writing anxiety on academic writing task, and

facilitative second language writing anxiety must have

dominated over the debilitative writing anxiety.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

TITLE PAGE i
APPROVAL SHEET ii
ACKNOWLEDGMENT iii
ABSTRACT v
TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
LIST OF TABLES ix
FIGURES x
PLATES xi
CHAPTER
1 PROBLEM AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Introduction 1
Review of Literature 3
Conceptual Framework 22
Statement of the Problem 25
Significance of the study 26
Scope and Limitations of the Study 27
Definition of Terms 28
2 METHODS

Research Design 30
Research Environment 30
Respondents 32
Research Instrument 32
Ethics and Data Gathering Procedures 33
Data Analysis 34

3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 36

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4 SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Summary 45
Findings 46
Conclusions 46
Recommendations 47

REFERENCES 49
APPENDICES
A Survey Instrument 52
B Rubric 55
C Letter to the Chair of the Graduate School 57
D Letter to the Surigao del Norte Schools 58
Division Superintendent
E Reliability Result 59

CURRICULUM VITAE 60
DOCUMENTATIONS 62
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LIST OF TABLES

TABLE PAGE
1. Distribution of Respondents 32

2. Level of Second Language Writing Anxiety

of the Respondents 36

3. Writing Performance of the Respondents 39

4. Difference on the Writing Performance

ofthe Respondents and the variables
in Problem 2 41

5. Scheffe’ Test on the Difference on the

WritingPerformance of the Respondents 42

6. Relationship between Second Language

Writing Anxiety and Writing Performance
of the Respondents 44
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LIST OF FIGURE

FIGURE PAGE

1. Research Paradigm 24
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LIST OF PLATE

PLATE PAGE

1. Research Locale 31