Appendix A
“ONLINE CHATTING: A FACTOR AFFECTING THE COMPOSITION WRITING
SKILLS AMONG INTERMEDIATE LEARNERS”
Questionnaires
Part I. Nature of Online Chatting (Adapted from Lenhart et al., 2015)
Direction: Please check the appropriate box of your answer based on your
nature of online chatting with all honesty using five-Likert scale.
Always (A) -5
Often (O) -4
Seldom (S) - 3
Rarely (R) - 2
Never (N) -1
No. Indicator A O S R N
(5) (4) (3) (2) (1)
Frequency
1 I chat online every day.
2 I spend more than 1 hour chatting online
daily.
3 I chat online during school hours.
4 I chat with friends mostly in the evening.
5 I prefer chatting online rather than face-to-
face conversations.
Content
1 I mostly talk about school-related topics
while chatting.
2 I share personal information with my
friends while chatting.
3 I talk about my hobbies and interests while
chatting.
4 I discuss current events or news while
chatting.
5 I prefer talking about fun or entertainment
topics.
Platform
1 I use social media platforms (e.g.,
Facebook, Instagram) to chat.
2 I use messaging apps (e.g., WhatsApp,
Messenger) to chat.
3 I chat more on my smartphone than on a
computer.
4 I am familiar with using online chat
platforms.
5 I prefer using apps designed specifically
for chatting (e.g., Telegram).
Interaction Style
1 I feel comfortable sharing opinions while
chatting online.
2 I like using emoji’s or stickers to express
myself in chats.
3 I use formal language while chatting
online.
4 I communicate more informally when
chatting with friends.
5 I prefer voice messages rather than text
when chatting.
Part II. Writing Composition Skills
Direction: Write something about your ambition in life.
“My Ambition in Life”
In your essay, compose at least 3 paragraphs with introduction, body, and
conclusion.
Appendix B
Rubric for Composition Writing Skills (Grade 4,5 and 6)
:Criteria Excellent (4) Good (3) Satisfactory (2) Needs
Improvement
(1)
Grammar Consistently Few minor Some Frequent
uses correct grammatical grammatical grammatical
grammar with errors that do errors that errors that
no errors. not affect occasionally disrupt
understanding. affect clarity. understanding.
Structure Well-organized Organized Organization is Disorganized
composition composition somewhat composition,
with a clear with a clear unclear, making lacking clear
introduction, introduction, it harder to structure and
body, and body, and follow the main logical flow.
conclusion; conclusion; ideas.
ideas are minor issues
logically with flow or
developed. development.
Coherence Ideas are fully Ideas are Some Ideas lack
developed and mostly disconnection coherence,
logically connected, between ideas, making the
connected, though there which affects the composition
enhancing may be slight flow of the difficult to
clarity and gaps or composition. understand.
impact. awkward
transitions.
Vocabular Uses a wide Vocabulary is Vocabulary is Vocabulary is
y range of appropriate and limited and overly simplistic,
precise and varied but may occasionally repetitive, or
varied lack precision imprecise, inappropriate,
vocabulary, or depth. impacting the hindering
appropriate to clarity of the communication.
the topic. ideas.
Spelling No spelling Few minor Some spelling Frequent
errors. spelling errors errors that may spelling errors
that do not occasionally that make
affect hinder comprehension
comprehension. understanding. difficult.
