Tertiary Students’ Partiality towards English Subjects Writing Activities: Basis for the Development of Reciprocal Study Guide(s)

Abstract

Identifying the tertiary student’s partiality towards writing activities in English subjects is the primary thesis of this research. This is a descriptive- survey study that carries forward a self – developed questionnaire of two parts: the respondents’ profile and the respondents’ level of partiality towards English subjects writing activities with their corresponding reason(s) to substantiate their liking(s). It uses a total population sampling consisting of 167students officially enrolled in the subjects: Writing in the Discipline and Technical Writing and reporting this 2^nd semester of CY 2019. The factor analysis yielded that out of the four factors of partiality; Least Like prevailed and has a weighted mean of 2.19. Top three reasons that have a high level of importance in their partiality are No Ideas to write in English (32%), Scarcity of Writing Materials (23%), and Lack of English Vocabulary / Poor in spelling (20%).