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English Speaking Skills and The Writing Mechanics of Bsed English Students
English Speaking Skills and The Writing Mechanics of Bsed English Students
believes that the only weapon we can change our life into a more liveable life
is education itself.
attention focused on this issue has been inadequate. Poor student attendance
has far-reaching effects on the individual, the school, and society in general
(Goldstein, 2013).
nonappearance from school (Meng, Y., Babey, S., & Wolstein, J., 2012). One of
the main reasons for this problem is that students find it difficult to inter-relate
with each other during class discussions. Majority of the students has poor
learning skills and they tend to be reluctant to share and ask for assistance
from their classmates on the topics that they were not able to comprehend.
relationships (Tarhan, L., Ayyildiz, Y., Ogunc, A., & Sesen, B. A, 2013).
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As mentioned by Meng, Y., Babey, S., and Wolstein, J. (2012), Teenage
peers. When students are different and not likely to interact with other
how we carry out our objectives, strategies utilized in teaching, the utilization
life of every student because when they are at school. A student spends most
of the time with their classmates or friends and they seek out and spend time
with love interests who satisfy emotional and physical intimacy needs
(Kearney, 2007).
Hu, K.., and Lu, Y., (2017) stressed out that solving absenteeism is a
activities that increase learning and adds other important dimensions toward
academic goals.
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Research Questions
Why students skipped their classes? What strategy should be applied in order
Secondary school pupils are more likely to attribute their absence from
lessons, problems with teachers, being bullied, peer pressure and social
isolation.
to be effective in increasing
Purpose
learning in solving the problem on absenteeism. This will benefit the students,
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Students
Parents
Ensuring that their children can finish school is the top priority. Hence,
Teacher
This action research will help educators to become more creative in their
works as a teacher. Being the second parent, empathy is key in order for
them to guide and inspire their students. Achieving the optimum goal of
School
Having a high promotion rate means low drop-out and retained students.
These somehow boost the morale of the school being an efficient agent of
learning.
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Method
This part presents the method used in this Qualitative study. These
Instruments
The researchers gathered data with the use of the School Form (SF) 2
Respondents
Data Gathering
adviser asking for the master list of official enrolees of Grade 8- Garnet,
Amethyst and Ruby. This list was used for the careful observation of the
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incorporate various cooperative learning techniques. Reactions and
comments from the learners were collated and analyzed by the researchers.
student pairing, while others utilize small groups of four or five students, Think
Pair Share, Jigsaw, Jigsaw II, Reverse Jigsaw and Learning Together. Every
the number of students who skipped classes in the afternoon was decreased,
as shown in table 1.
25 23 23 20 18 17
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Jan 22-26, Jan 29 - Feb Feb 5-9, Feb 12-16, Feb 19-23, Feb 26- Mar Mar 5-9, Mar 12-16,
2018 2, 2018 2018 2018 2018 2, 2018 2018 2018
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In addition, the study of Satyaprakasha (2015) stressed that
independence.
Students who usually skipped classes are those students who are low
students for the reason that they are having low self-confidence
Students
Student should do their tasks and home works in order to augment the
Parents
Parents should help boosting the morale of their children for them to
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Teachers
School Administrators
within the school and shall formulate policies that can develop more the value
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Reflection
achievement especially if you are able to inculcate to the minds of the learner
Soares, L. B., & Wood, K. (2010). This Action Research enables this young
lady to realize how important it is to let every learner that he belongs to the
left behind and that learning should be for all no matter who you are, where
time and memorial. Learning can be fun and enjoyable if each learner
contributes and reacts to a certain stimuli. This was proven during my stay in
Carmen National High School. Given a chance, I would gladly like to serve in
the said school for I believe I can share my dedication and commitment to
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