Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to assess grade 10 students' paragraph writing problems, because
the student cannot write a paragraph due to different factors. The Study was carried out in Bita
millennium Secondary School with special reference to Grade 10 students in focus . Quasi
experimental case study was employed to address the problem. Conduct the study, grade 10
section A students were chosen as experimental group and section B as control group. Random
sampling techniques were used. All these students wrote four paragraph types. For focus g roup
discussion, fifteen Students were selected using random sampling technique. On the other hand,
five teachers Who teach grade ten sections were also chosen through random sampling
technique. In order to achieve the objectives, the study employed three questionnaire document
Analysis, focus group discussion and semi-structured interview. Document analysis was
Employed to identify features of students paragraph writing Factors that affect students'
paragraph writing problems were identified. Furthermore, Semi-structured interview was used
to obtain information about what teachers think, Experience and do regarding to students'
paragraph types writing. All data collected using Different tools were analyzed qualitatively and
quantitively But to make the data manageable and Understandable, students' written paragraph
types only analyzed quantitatively, and qualitatively. The study Identified the major paragraph
types writing problems that students encounter. These are lack Of knowledge about paragraph
types, lack of paragraph types writing experience in lower grade levels before joining grade 10
problem of Identifying topic, supporting and concluding Sentence: problem of keeping unity,
coherence, completeness and length in the paragraph. . They hav e also knowledge gap about
writing approaches and writing strategies. is there a significance diff erence between
experimental and control group paragraph writing performance? Significance of the s study is
hoped to be useful for Engli sh Ianguage teachers, students, a nd sy II abus and curriculum desi
gners. The scope of the study in Bitta millenn ium secondary school in Bitt a woreda south west
but the research limited by di fferent factor like computer, material a nd financial problem. The
students shoul d practice paragraph writi ng not onIy in school , but al so in home.
