Students’ writing skills and performance of learners in lower secondary English in Tororo municipality

Abstract

The objective of this action research study was to assess the impact of English writing skills on the performance of learners in lower secondary school, To develop understanding on English writing skills, challenges faced by teachers and learners and teaching and learning the English writing skills, to find out the importance of improving the English writing skill and how it affects the performance of learners in lower secondary school and to provide suggestions and improve on the performance of the learners in English writing skills in lower secondary school. As English language writing skill has a great importance in language education, and in the field of teaching Language for Academic Purpose, it is shown that the development of this skill is one of the most difficult skills for learners. This study is part of a larger project and its main purpose is to open the black box by exploring the relationship between performances of learners and English writing skill in English language of lower secondary level. This study will dwell on the relationship between English writing skill and performance of the learners. This will be an immense importance to the teachers of English, language students, curriculum planners, examining bodies, text book writers, educational administrators, possibly parents, researchers and other interested bodies in the field of language and communication studies. This study will be conducted three selected schools of Kapchorwa secondary school, Kapchorwa parents secondary school and Elgon emirates secondary school in Kapchorwa secondary school Sampling techniques like purposive, systematic, and simple random sampling will be used to select respondents. The researcher will administer an interview method for collecting data from the students and data will then be analysed qualitatively. Regarding the ethical considerations, the researcher will provide the respondents with the necessary information concerning the main purpose of the research, expected duration, procedures followed and the researcher will be in position to keep privacy and not disclose the confidentiality of respondents.