The Challenges of Completing English Writing Tasks: Through The Lens of Alternative Learning System Learners

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The study provides a deeper understanding on the lived experiences and challenges of completing English writing tasks. This research utilized a purposive sampling of eight Alternative Learning System (ALS) graduate students who are studying Senior High School in Bunawan National High School. The data were gathered through in-depth interviews with validated interview guide. The findings reveal that the ALS learners found writing essays, sentences, and reflections difficult and exhausting. Results also showed that organization of idea, uses of punctuation marks, content, and vocabulary were the challenges common among participants. This led to the difficulty in comprehension, difficulty in sentence construction, difficulty in understanding instructions, difficulty in explaining and having low self- esteem. These affect their performance in completing English writing tasks. However, it was found out that ALS students cope with the challenges by gathering information, self-study, and brainstorming and collaboration with teachers, peers and family. With this, an intervention program is proposed.

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