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Thesis (Degree of Bachelor of Secondary Education) -- University of Cebu- Banilad, 2018.

Summary: The technological change in the world is growing unpredictably fast. Almost every person can connect online and enjoy its benefits. But this progress can also be a factor that affects many areas of any individual, including their writing proficiency. Among the four macro skills, writing is the difficult skill to master. The proficiency of mechanics, and stricture of writing. The study examined the effects of social media on the writing skills of the first year BSED-English students. Furthermore, this study determined the significant relationship between the respondents’ profile and their writing skills. This utilized descriptive-co relational design to interpret the relationship between the respondents’ writing skills and the respondents’ response to the researcher made questionnaire. The said study comprised 37 respondents form first-year BSED-English students. Cluster-random sampling is used to select the respondents. This study utilized a researcher-made questionnaire. The first part of the questionnaire is the respondents’ responses. The results were gathered, analyzed and interpreted with the use of four statistical tools namely, simple percentage, ranking, weighted mean and Chi-square. The results revealed that the respondents were not proficient in writing. Most of them got low mastery in the areas of grammar, structure, and mechanics. There was a significant relationship between the respondents’ gender, the number of social networking sites joined, and the numbers of hours spend on those sites and their writing skills. However, there was no significant relationship between the respondents’ age and their writing skills. Thus, the results implied that social media negatively affects the writing skills of an individual.

Education : English

English