DESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS OF THE WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONSKILLS OF GRADE SIX PUPILS IN SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES:BASIS FOR CRAFTING ONLINE OUTCOME-BASED INSTRUCTIONALMATERIALS (OOBIMs)

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to determine the written communication skills of
Grade Six pupils in social networking sites among public and private schools which will be used
as basis in designing Online Outcome-Based Instructional Materials (OOBIMs).
This study employed the descriptive analytics method. The statistical tools in interpreting
the data gathered from the study were the frequency, weighted mean, and correlation. There were
125 pupils that were involved in the study. Majority of them were female. The questionnaires
were used to gather data of the pupils’ written communication skills in the social networking
sites. The most used social networking site was Facebook and the number of hours that pupils
spent in the said site was 1-2 hours. It was found out that in terms of punctuations and verb
tenses, pupils use them occasionally when they post or comment on SNS. Capitalization and
structure of sentences were oftentimes used by the pupils when they are on SNS. The pupils’ age
and sex do not have a significant difference on their written communications skills when they are
using SNS. However, type of school has a significant difference in terms of their use of
capitalization and verb tenses.