The problems faced by students in writing english composition in rural primary school: a case study at S.K. Rantau Panjang, Batu Kawa, Kuching / Berahim Sahnan

This study aims to identify what are the problems faced by the students in rural primary school in writing English composition with reference to S.K. Rantau Panjang, Batu Kawa, Kuching. There were 26 Primary Six students involved in this study. The instruments employed in this study were the questionnaire, interviews, observation and random samplings. Data collected from the questionnaires were analyzed using Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 11.5. The findings from interviews, observations and random samplings were discussed descriptively. The findings indicate that majority of the students do not know how to write, to organize ideas and to comprehend the questions. Besides that the students also faced problems on the usage of grammar and scared to make mistakes in writing English composition. The time allocated for the learning of writing English composition was insufficient and no extra writing activities planned by ESL teachers and the school in helping to overcome the problems faced by the students. Towards the end ofthe study, some suggestions to overcome the problems are presented.