ABSTRACT

CLEMEN, MICAELLA D. Spelling Difficulties Among Selected Grade 8 Students.

Undergraduate Thesis. Humanities and Social Sciences. Saint Jude Parish School Trece
Martires City, Cavite. March 2017. Adviser: Mrs. Lourdwyn Pablo.

This study was conducted from November to March 2017 to determine the spelling

difficulties among selected grade 8 students in Saint Jude Parish School. It specifically aimed to:

(1) determine the common factors that affect the spelling difficulty of the students; (2) determine

the causes of these spelling difficulties; and (3) give some best practices to help them.

The participants of the study were the selected 30 Grade 8 students from Saint Jude

Parish School. The researchers used questionnaires they formulated and validated by some

experts in the field of education. The research design and the random sampling technique were

used in selecting the participants of the study.

Based on the results, it revealed various causes of spelling difficulties such as: memory

difficulties, attention deficit, has good listening comprehension but has difficulty in the aspects

of writing code, vision problems/auditory problems, and lack of vocabulary words in mind.

Moreover, the results showed that the common best practices to help them are reading

dictionaries, reading more English books, spelling tutorial, having a regular spelling test, and

reading lyrics of a song as well. The concluded information would be great help to the

respondents in addition to their knowledge about this, and for them to be aware for the effects of

technologies in their spelling difficulties.