The Development of English Paragraph Writing Skills of Mathayomsuksa 5 (Grade 11) Students through the Process Approach

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare Matthayomsuksa 5 students’ English paragraph writing ability before and after learning through the process approach. The sample purposively selected for this study was 40 Mathayomsuksa 5 students learning English 3 (E 32101) of U-Thong School in the first semester of the academic year 2018. In this one group pretest-posttest design study, the sample group was taught through the process approach for twelve 50-minute periods. The instruments were the English Writing Ability test with one question constructed by the researcher with the reliability of 0.95. For data analysis, the t-test Dependent Samples was conducted. The result of the study indicated that the English paragraph writing ability before and after the students were taught through the process approach was significantly different at the level of .01. Therefore, this research supports the notion that the process approach is an effectively practical way to teach writing in English classes. It could be adopted in writing classes at all level.