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Donita-jane B. Canceran
Kristine Mae D. Ramelb
One of the features of the 21st century education is the development of students’
communication skills which do not only include oral but also writing skills. It is an indispensable skill
needed for students to become successful. In the K-12 curriculum, students most especially those
who are enrolled in the senior high school must have good communication skills in order to build their
future careers. When one talks about good communication, spelling comes into context.
Spelling is important for everybody to communicate his/her idea. As posited by Benyo (2014)
mastering of the writing system of any language includes the ability to spell properly. Error in spelling
may sometimes lead to obscurity and these make comprehension virtually impossible. Additionally,
bad spelling is a hindrance for the reader to get the meaning of written language. Spelling is very
important in written language, and any mistake in spelling can affect the written product and may lead
meaning.
In the Philippines, students continue to struggle with spelling despite the number of years
spent in school and the number of English subjects they have already taken. Even senior high school
students who are supposed to show proficiency on the language still lack the basic skills on spelling.
If students’ spelling problems will not be addressed, it may contribute to the failure of securing a job
for future careers. Possible reasons why students have poor spelling in English could be attributed to
their attitude on the use of the language not just in speaking but also in writing, poor vocabulary,
degree of usage of the English language and their familiarity with the sounds of the language. Thus,
the researcher thought of a remedial instruction project called ‘Spell Time’. This project will be done
daily for the first 5 minutes of the teaching instruction wherein students will be given set of words to
spell using the dictation method. These words might be related to the students’ specialization or it
may be chosen by the subject teacher provided that the teacher knows that these are the words
1. What is the spelling performance of the students before the implementation of the project ‘Spell
Time’?
2. What is the spelling performance of the students after the implementation of the project ‘Spell
Time’?
3. Is there a significant difference between the spelling performance of the respondents before and
To address the spelling problems of the SHS students and to eventually improve their
Project ‘Spell Time’ will be conducted by all the subject teachers of the SHS students in order
to ensure maximum utilization and implementation of the project leading to its possible success. After
all, every teacher is expectedly a language teacher (Bullock, 1975 as cited by Ruiters et. al. 2017).
The first five minutes of the instruction time for each subject will be utilized.
research is research that resembles experimental research but is not true experimental
research. Although the independent variable is manipulated, participants are not randomly
because it involves the manipulation of the independent variable. (Cook & Campbell, 1979).
The study will be conducted at Santo Tomas National High School, Santo Tomas,
Isabela. The respondents of the study will be the SHS students particularly the Grade 12.
First, the researcher will ask permission to the Principal through a letter about the
usage of the first 5 minutes of instruction time of the subject teachers. After which, the
researcher will also tell the students about the project and what it aims to accomplish. To
further assess the spelling capabilities of the respondents, the researcher will give the
subject teachers the designed English Spelling placement test. The researcher believes
that it is appropriate because of the simple reason that an English Spelling placement test
practically puts students in a situation to recognize English sound and to write. The said
test is adopted from Institute for Excellence in Writing. Institute for Excellence in Writing
(IEW) is a homeschool site that equips teachers and teaching parents with methods and
materials which will aid them in training their students to become confident and competent
After gathering the result of the test, the researcher will now explain the project ‘Spell
Time’ to the subject teachers. It must emphasized that the subject teachers are also part
of the designing of the daily spelling tests for the students. Moreover, the implementation
of project ‘Spell Time’ will be done for the months of January to March of the second
quarter so that the last month April, will be dedicated for the dissemination of the results.
C. Data Analysis
2. Paired sample t-test shall be used in determining significant difference between the
spelling performance of the respondents before and after the implementation of the
3. The effect size or magnitude of the differences between groups will be computed using
The data will be tabulated and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences
0.20-small effect
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Excellence in Spelling Placement Test Assessing your Child’s Spelling Competence
From Institute of Excellence in Writing (2012)