ELF students‟ motivation and practice in learning writing skills: Grade 11 Students of Tolay Secondary School

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to investigating EFL students’ motivation and practice in learning writing skills: Grade 11 Students of Tolay Secondary School. In succeeding the stated objectives; descriptive survey design was employed to this study. This helped the researcher to employ both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection. The participants of the study were 96 (30%) students who were selected using systematical sampling technique because the researcher believed that they can provide enough and clear information. To collect data from the participants, classroom observations, clos-indeed questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were administered. Then the data obtained used these tools were presented, analyzed, and interpreted both quantitatively and qualitatively. The data obtained from the questionnaires were presented and analyzed with the interview and observation. Then all the results of the items from the three tools were triangulated in the discussion section. The findings of this research worked were related to only students’ motivation and practice. Students' related motivation and practice are linguistic causes such as writing grammatically correct sentences, lack of interest in learning writing, lack of practice, organizing idea, and shortages of vocabulary. To improve this all problem, EFL teachers, should take stakeholder by making students’ motivate, aware’ and giving by devoting time and thought to shaping the environment and planning each practice writing tutorial class . Certainly, this study is not sufficient and consequently, further research should be done to cover all aspects of this issue in order to seek strategies for surmounting among EFL high school students. Finally, based on these findings, it is recommended that the students should be motivated and practice writing to help them improved their problems.