Writing Apprehension Level of Senior High School Students in Relation to their Writing Skills

This paper is a quantitative type of research which aimed to identify the level of writing apprehension of the senior high students of Pampanga State Agricultural University and its effect on their writing skills. It has been a common belief that non-native speakers consider writing as a struggle and hindrance in coming up with a good paper. They see writing as an obstacle to academic success. They often encounter what is called writing apprehension or anxiety. The study utilized the Daly- Miller Measure of Writing Apprehension to assess the writing anxiety level of the students. The total enumeration was employed in identifying the number of respondents. The following conclusions were drawn based on the findings of the study: most of the students in the senior high school level are female. Majority of them perform very satisfactory regarding writing activities which are evident from their obtained grades in their writing subject. Also, senior high school students do not experience writing anxiety. In terms of relationship, the sex of the respondents has nothing to do with their level of writing anxiety and the writing anxiety of the senior high school students does affect their writing skills.