Grammatical and Mechanical Error Analysis as Tool in Writing Improvement Program for Student Journalists

This study aimed to develop a writing improvement program for student journalists in one elementary school the Philippines. It utilized case approach using errors analysis English written tasks of target participants. Written were used as main instrument this study. A total twelve (12) who chosen purposively served Results show that subject-verb agreement is most committed error followed by usage preposition, tenses, word order, and last on ranks involved pronouns. Capitalization ranked first among three common mechanical identified punctuation spelling Based these results, journalist was developed. Through study, root causes participants’ poor analyzed. While through study’s output, student-journalists may reasonably good skill language.