This
study identified the factors and influences on students’ acquisition of written
communication skills during distance education of Grade 11 students in distance
learning at Roberto E. Sato Memorial National High School, Academic Year 2021 –
2022. It adopts the qualitative single case study research design; and employs
the thematic analytical framework of Braun and Clarke (2006) to analyze the
data gathered from the research tool used which is an in-depth interview with
thirty-seven participants who reflected on their performance in written
communication skills. The study participants were interviewed to gather the
needed data about the factors that affected them in the acquisition of English
written communication skills while in distance learning as well as the
influences of those factors. Findings revealed variables that affects the
students’ acquisition of written communication skills during the distance
education context, namely; language background, learning support, experience,
environment and technology. The following factors mentioned brought different
influences to the students’ acquisition of written communication skills, both
the positive and negative, namely: learning independence, internet dependence
and peer dependence. Thus, it is concluded that these problems and challenges
can be resolved by several remedial measures at individual as well as
institutional level.
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