Action Research

Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION XII
DIVISION OF GENERAL SANTOS CITY
BUAYAN DISTRICT
Composition Writing Difficulties of Selected Grade 11 students Of

Alternative Learning System
Context and Rationale
The Philippines ranks as reported by Philippine Daily Inquirer published on November

2020, dropped from the 20th to the 27th in the English Proficiency Index (EPI) as based on the data
of International Education Company Education First. Philippine Institute for Development Studies
(PIDS) also claimed that some senior high school (SHS) students struggle to write in English.
In the context of Alternative Learning System where its program gives much focused on
eradicating illiteracy and lessening OSY, writing composition apart from all other constant problem
is one of the most identified critical and important issues that should be addressed by the
Department through its ALS Implementers. This is taking into consideration that ALS learners are
considered to be special in terms of culture of learning, modality of learning delivery not to mention
the learner’s socio-economic status, geographical location, physiological and psychological state
and behavior, which affects their learning and academic performance which standards should
conform to what is set by the Department to its individual level.
In this light, this study aimed to explore and identify the composition writing difficulties
encountered by Grade 11 SHS Students of Alternative Learning System General Santos City
Division that will serve as basis for enrichment and further plans to improve as well as provide
solutions to the problems identified concerning writing as well as the factors that caused these
problems. This is also to address and give solutions to these difficulties ahead of time in order for
them to prepare for the higher-level education wherein research and other higher-level areas will
be introduced.
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Action Research Questions
The study aims to identify the common problems on writing of the grade 11 students of
Grade 11 SHS students of ALS.
Specifically, it seeks to answer these questions:
1. What are the composition writing difficulties of the Grade 11 SHS students of ALS in terms
of
1.1 Sentence Construction
1.2 Proper Capitalization
1.3 Proper Usage of Punctuation Marks
2. What are the factors that contribute/ cause the composition writing difficulties?
3. What are the activities that will be proposed as solution to these problems?
Proposed Innovation, Intervention, and Strategy
Program WRITE
The Program WRITE of Alternative Learning System was created with the aim of eradicating
illiteracy and give more attention on the academic performance specifically on the writing skills of
Grade 11 ALS learners who have identified difficulty in writing composition. This program allows
learners to acquire needed and necessary knowledge on one of the most important macro skills in
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the field of communication which serves to be one of the keys in achieving success. The activities
of the program are presented below.
PERSONS
ACTIVITY OBJECTIVE DATE INVOLVED VENUE
Courtesy call with the To orient the learners and their March 2023 Researchers, ALS Apopong Districy
SDS,PSDS,EPSA, as well as parents the peer
Adviser and Learners
learners and their adviser
facilitation
Giving of the specific writing To identify their common difficulties 1st Week of April Researchers, ALS Apopong Districy
composition tasks to selected in writing composition 2023
Adviser and Learners
learners and retrieval of
outputs
Checking of output by the To identify the specific mistake that April 8-10 Researchers, ALS Apopong Districy
researchers based on the tool caused the composition writing
to be used. difficulties
Making of proposed To create self-made module or April 10-21, 2023 Researchers ALS Apopong Districy
intervention or self- made series of activities as to aid in
composition writing module. enhancing the students
composition writing performance
Validation of the self- made To validate the face as well as the April 24-26 Researchers, Validators
module content or the relevance of the
activities in enhancing composition
writing performance or outcome.
Action ResearchMethodology
The researchers will use frequency counts to determine the number of writing problems
based on the surface (verbs, punctuations, noun etc) and global (sentence coherence,
organization etc). The aforementioned scheme was revised from the study of Ramos et.al (2020).
They will also use the purposive sampling for the respondents were purposely chosen by the
researchers. Moreover, the researchers will use weighted mean and the 5- point Likert scale,
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adapted from the study of Saavedra et.al (2020) in determining if a particular indicator could be a
contributory factor to the composition writing difficulties of Grade 10 students. Also, in order to
verify the validity or trueness of the respondents’ answers on the survey, an interview will be
conducted.
Furthermore, after identifying the common composition writing difficulties of the students,
the researchers will then create a self- made activity module that will be validated by English
Master Teachers.
Work Plan and Timeliness
Tasks Month 1 Month 2
Pre-Implementation
Week 3 and 4 of March

Preparation Research Proposal
2023
Preparation and Conduct of the

Week 1 of April 2023
Pre-test
Implementation
Innovation Interventation and/or

Strategy
Post-Implementation
Preparation and conduct of Week 3 of April 2023

Post-test
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Data Analysis
Preparation of the Research

report
Dissemination of Findings
Cost-Estimates
Description QTY Cost
Supplies and Materials
Bond paper 1 ream 500.00
Ink 1 set 1,500.00
Stapler and Staple wire 1 300
Communication Expense
Load Allowance 200 x 12 pax x 2months 4,800.00
Transportation Expense 300x12x2 7,200.00

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Fare/Gasoline
Reproduction, Printing,
1,000.00
Binding Cost
Food and Other Expense 5,000.00
TOTAL 20,300.00
Plans for Dissemination and Utilization
The researchers plan to disseminate and utilize the findings of the action research through
publishing the research in a division-wide scope and made the research available to public so that
other researchers will be able to used it as a reference for their future study.
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Proponents:
Jea Ann Janet T. Mancao Jordan S. Alegado
Cristine G. Lagang
Gladys G. Angeles
Catherine R. Pepugal
Reziel S. Delos Santos
Janeth E. Mongkil
Kristine Mary M. Balocan
Mafe B. Mapula
Rahsma M. Layson
Rowena M. De Arce
Marlo T. Manansala
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Republic of the Philippines

Composition Writing Difficulties of Selected Grade 11 students Of

Context and Rationale

The Philippines ranks as reported by Philippine Daily Inquirer published on November

Specifically, it seeks to answer these questions:

1.1 Sentence Construction

1.2 Proper Capitalization

1.3 Proper Usage of Punctuation Marks

Proposed Innovation, Intervention, and Strategy

Work Plan and Timeliness

Tasks Month 1 Month 2

Week 3 and 4 of March

Preparation and Conduct of the

Innovation Interventation and/or

Preparation and conduct of Week 3 of April 2023

Preparation of the Research

Description QTY Cost

Supplies and Materials

Bond paper 1 ream 500.00

Ink 1 set 1,500.00

Stapler and Staple wire 1 300

Load Allowance 200 x 12 pax x 2months 4,800.00

Transportation Expense 300x12x2 7,200.00

Food and Other Expense 5,000.00

Plans for Dissemination and Utilization

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