Investigating the Effect of Project Based Learning on Grade 12 Students’ Paragraph writing motivation and Performance: Chora Baggie Secondary School in Focus

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to investigate the effect of project based learning paragraph writing on learners’ performance and motivation towards writing paragraph. To achieve the intended objective of the stud, experimental research method was used. Experimental research method was arranged in experimental and control group of students that were selected from section A and D of grade12.The quantitative approach was used to analyze the pre-test and pos- test results of experimental and control group of students. The result of total sum and average results of the pre-test and post test were analyzed and presented in the tables. Based on the analysis made of the pre-test and post test results, the findings of the study were identified. The findings of the study were presented side by side with the basic research questions of the study. Therefore, the result of the study revealed that there was very insignificant difference between paragraph writing performances of the experimental and the control group of students before the intervention (59.32-58.80) which was 0.52% statistics mean difference, The result of the study also revealed that there was significant difference between paragraph writing performances of the experimental and the control group of students after the intervention (69.32-58.80) which was 10.52% difference respectively. The result of the study also indicated the presence of motivation of experimental group students towards project based paragraph writing. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations were given. The recommendations that were given for the study were English teacher should design Project based paragraph writing in their teaching approach to improve the performance and motivation of students in paragraph writing as well as they should employ Project based paragraph writing in their teaching approach to improve the performance and motivation of students in paragraph writing and should motivate students to use Project based paragraph writing to improve their performance and motivation in paragraph writing.