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Writing is known as an important skill of a student to be developed for this is one of the methods of communication that are mostly used to convey feelings. Further development of writing is an important aspect of organizing thoughts and ideas towards progress of English language proficiency. The study was pursued to establish the English writing proficiency of senior high school students enrolled at the House of Achievers Learning Center. Also, the researcher tends to determine to the significant difference of the senior high school students when there are divided in strands. The study was designed to be survey research. The sample used for this study is 185 students and the constructed questionnaire was distributed to these respondents. The researcher used the F-test or ANOVA to determine the significant difference of the strands. The collected data showed that the mean totality of the three main aspects: grammar; organization; and mechanics, falls to the category of good and fair. Specifically, the computed mean in grammar is 17.08 (Good), 3.96 (Fair) in organization, and 17.84 (Good) in mechanics. The ANOVA test showed significance in English writing proficiency in the strands.

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This study aimed to enhance the mastery level of the campus journalists of Cuyo Central School, Division of Palawan in basic news writing through (CEB) Contextualized Error – Based Worktext. It used mixed methods, the quantitative approach was utilized to know the common errors committed by the participants of the study in writing news articles, their level of achievement and the testing of significant difference of their scores in pre-test and post – test. The challenges they met in utilizing the intervention material was also presented through quantitative method. The qualitative method was utilized in presenting the changes to be done to further enhance the material based from the challenges met by the participants of the study.

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The English language is a basic requirement that should be acquired by a student in a school. It is suggested that the student’s learning gap was connected to their socioeconomic background, peers, and the lack of resources in the subject. Due to the declining trend of failed students, this study was conducted to identify and correlate the problems of students that affects their achievement in the English language. the respondent’s data was gathered in two types of communities: rural and urban. Descriptive type of research was used to accomplish the study’s objective. The study discovered that this urban area has more access on references than those that are in the rural area. The collected data shows that the impact of teachers and peers affect their achievement in English subjects in both communities. The findings also showed that female students in both rural and urban areas tend to perform better than male students, but the great average of these academic performers are seen to more on urban areas. The findings the conducted study led to researchers to conclude that: male students are poor performers in the English subject; instructors should continue to be fair to their students; and schools in rural areas should be given access to English-related references.

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The researcher pursued the study in the common errors of language learners on subject-verb agreement because Filipino Students learning English have well-formed speech habits in the native language which are totally different in form, meaning and distribution. In the evident that language teaching in the Philippines has not been efficient and effective enough to meet the expectation that English is mastered by the students if it is to become functional for a lifetime. The actual respondents of the study were grouped according to gender and section. The researcher used a descriptive research design to determine the students’ common errors in Subject-Verb Agreement. The items in the test were based on the descriptions of Subject-Verb Agreement errors found in the Harbrace College Handbook and in the Grammar Journal for Subject-Verb Agreement. The objective of the study is to determine the types of Subject-Verb Agreement errors frequently committed by the combined population of the students in Reading Clinique Center.

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The use of mobile devices has generated a new way of communication by using unique abbreviations and grammatical shortcuts. This method of communicating has been commonly used by teenagers to socialize with other people in their generation. The use of these texts has alarmed parents and teachers. This study was conducted to discover the correlation of this method of communication called “Tech Speak” to a student's English proficiency. The researcher has surveyed grade 10 students, that has a total of 28 students, at Santiago National high school. The researcher used 10 words that are commonly misspelled as a parameter of the spelling test to measure the proficiency of both techspeak and non-techspeak students. The results yield an average of 8 and 7.7, thus making the students using Tech Speak more proficient in spelling than the students that are categorized as non-techspeak. The findings have led the researchers to conclude that the use of techspeak has no negative effects but rather it improves the student’s spelling proficiency.