Spelling strategies and writing skill

Abstract

The following research presents a general introduction and the application of this thesis called "Spelling strategies and writing skill". This study pretended to investigate the different spelling strategies that can help in the development of this productive skill. As well as, it had as objective to determine the influence that these spelling strategies have in the development of the writing skill at Unidad Educativa El Cosmopolita Juan Montalvo with twenty students of Primero of Bachillerato. For this reason, this research applied in its methodology, a quantitative approach with a pre-experimental study, where it only had an experimental group. Furthermore, it applied a standardized test as a pre-test and a post-test according to the Cambridge Assessment English level A2 KET and parts six and seven of the writing section were selected in order to achieve the objectives. This test evaluated the students' writing with a rubric using the three categories; language, content, and organization, all of these over thirty points. The results demonstrated that the experimental group had a significant improvement in writing skill because they got in the pre-test an average grade of 5.5 while in the posttest, they got 15.1. Therefore, they enhance their skills with a difference of 9.6. In summary, English language learners improved their writing skill through the use of spelling strategies, and it also indicated that most of the students learn new things with the interventions and they can use any strategy in order to write any paragraph Teachers must take the spelling strategies that this study mentioned in this research and integrate them into their lesson plans. They can be applied in their English classes and can achieve successful results in their students