Thesis ( M.A.Ed - Language and Literature ) - Mariano Marcos State University,2019.

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ABSTRACT VELASCO, JOAN JESUSA B. July 2019. Mariano Marcos State University. PERCEPTIONS ATTITUDES AND PROFICIENCY LEVEL OF COLLEGE STUDENTS IN WRITING. Thesis Adviser: Ronald Candy S. Lasaten, Ph.D. Using the descriptive-correlational research design, this study determined the college students’ perceptions, attitudes and their proficiency level in writing. Further, this study related the students’ perceptions and their attitudes in writing their perceptions in writing and their writing proficiency level, and their attitudes in writing and their writing proficiency level. This study involved the written outputs of the 135 first year Bachelor in Secondary Education (BSEd) and Bachelor in Elementary Education ( BEEd) students, who are enrolled in Purposive Communication subject offered in the different colleges and universities in Ilocos Norte during the second semester of Academic Year 2018-2019. The study used a survey questionnaire patterned after the Writing Survey of Podson (1997) to determine the students’ perceptions and attitudes in writing. Meanwhile, a generalized written output rubric patterned after the National Council for Teachers in English (2013) was used to determine the students’ proficiency level along content, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency and convention. Data were analyzed using weighted means, frequency, percentage and Pearson (r) correlation. Findings reveal that the students have favorable perceptions and attitudes in writing. It was further revealed that the students writing proficiency level along content, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency and conventions is fair. Also, the students’ perceptions and attitudes in writing are significantly related to one another. Moreover, the students’ perceptions and attitudes in writing are significantly related to their proficiency in writing.