academic performace in english

Intoduction and its background

Language is a tool people use to shape ideas and to communicate them to others.

English is an international language. It is at present one of the leading languages of the world. It has been adopted as a second language by Asian countries one of which is the Philippines where it is a medium of instruction in many secondary schools.

The academic performance of students in English is sometimes affected by some factors. The home is also contributing factor to the student’s performance. It has a great influence on the achievement of an individual.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents as to – Sex– Age– Number of Siblings– Educational attainments of parents– Employment status of parents– Average family income

• 2. Do the independent variables such as in the Problem 1 significantly relate to the level of academic performance?

•3. How does the independent variable affect the academic performance of first year students in English

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

Students- will benefit in this study because it provides them the facts and realities on the different factors that influence their learning performance in English

Teacher - This study would enable him to determine the factors affecting the low performance of his students.

Parents - -This study would make them aware of their time and attention to their children is still needed by their children

Administration- They would be aware of the student’s problems so that they can consider other factors in resolving it.

•THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

INPUTAccording to

- Age- Sex- Number of siblings

- Employments status of parents

- Education attainment of parents

- Socio -economic status

PROCESS

Gathering of dataThorough:

- Questionnaire

Analyses and interpretation of data

OUT PUT

Academic performance in

English

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

METHOD OF STUDY

The researcher utilized descriptive method of research in order to determine the level of Academic Performance in English of First Year High school Students of Obando National High school as correlated variables such as sex, age, socio economic status, educational attainment of parents, and field of interest.

Respondents

The respondents of this study were first year students at Obando National High School at Paliwas, Obando, Bulacan School year 2011-2012.

Instrument use

The main instrument used in this study is questionnaire. To enrich the data gathered, interview and documentary analysis were likewise used.

Documentary analysis

The documents which were analyzed by the researchers included student’s report card, form- 137 A, grading sheets as well as the class records of the respondent’s subject’s teachers

Treatment of dataThe data gathered from the

questionnaire were tallied, analyzed and statistically treated by employing the following statistical tools

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TABLE IDistribution of Respondents According to Age

Age FREQUENCY PERCENT

12 38 35.84

13 53 5014 13 12.28

15 2 1.88

TOTAL 106 100

TABLE IIDistribution of Respondents According to Sex

SEX FREQUENCY

PERCENT

Male 43 40.56

Female 63 59.44

TOTAL 106 100

TABLE IIIDistribution of Respondents According to Number of

Siblings

Siblings FREQUENCY

PERCENT RANK

1 4 3.77 6

2 17 16.03 4

3 30 28.30 14 24 22.64 2

5 18 16.98 3

6 8 7.54 5

7 2 1.88 8

8 3 1.86 7

TOTAL 106 100

TABLE IVDistribution of Respondents According to

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF MOTHER

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

FREQUENCY PERCENT RANK

Elementary graduate

17 16.04 3

High school graduate 45 42.46 1College graduate

44 41.50 2

TOTAL 106 100

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

FREQUENCY PERCENT RANK

Elementary graduate 19 17.93 3

High school graduate 48 45.28 1

College graduate 39 36.79 2TOTAL 106 100

TABLE VDistribution of Respondents According to

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF FATHER

TABLE VIDistribution of Respondents- Parents According to Employment

StatusEmployment Status of Mother

Employment status

FREQUENCY PERCENT RANK

Professional 10 9.43 4

Vocational 19 17.92 3

Unemployed 37 34.9 2

Employed 40 37.73 1

TOTAL 106 100

Employment status

FREQUENCY PERCENT RANK

Professional 9 8.49 4

Vocational 30 28.30 2

Unemployed 24 22.65 3

Employed

43 40.56 1

TOTAL 106 100

TABLE VIIDistribution of Respondents According to

Employment Status of Father

TABLE VIIIMonthly income of the family

INCOME FREQUENCY PERCENT RANK

10,000 - above

17 16.03 3

5,000 - 4999 29 27.35 21,000 -

499946 43.39 1

NO FIXED INCOME

11 13.23 4

TOTAL 106 100

TABLE IXDistribution according to Academic Performance

GRADE FREQUENCY PERCENT RANK

Above average

86-above

40 37.75 2

Average78-85 50 47.1

61

Below average70-77

16 15.09 3

Majority of the student’s respondents ranged from 13 years of age. Female students predominated over the male in number

In terms of academic performance in English, most of the respondents have average performance in English; most of the respondents have average performance signifying that most student respondents have average intellectual capacity in learning English

Result

The findings of the study shows that factors often times influence the students. The result also reveals that home factors, such as the educational attainment, occupational and socio economic status have no significant influence on the academic performance of students in English.

Conclusion

ConclusionThe findings of the

study show that the selected variables such as the sex, age number of siblings, employment status of parents, educational attainment of parents and socio economic status have no significant influence on the academic performance in English.

RECOMMENDATION

• Teacher should patiently motivate the students to have better accomplishments and to facilitate learning well on the use of English language in the world around them.

Parents are encouraged to assists in their children’s school needs and learning exercises given as assignment to them by teacher, give some time to check on their school activities, a monthly visit to school preferably every grading period to see the performance of their children

Most of all students They should change their study habits, renew their views in life and modify their values towards studies to achieve high performance in English and deficiency in learning English will be minimized.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to glorify god, almighty, for my life and strength, for the courage he has continuously given to me, for his will and guidance. Without his divine grace, this study would have been impossible to

realize;

I would like to express my profound gratitude to the following persons who served as my instrument and inspiration to pursue this study;

Mrs. Evangeline Cristobal, School principal of Obando National High School, who allowed me to conduct the study.

Mrs. Caroline Ignacio, my cooperating teacher, her guidance and support in conducting the study in Obando national high school.

Mrs. Elizabeth Victoria, Ed.D. my research adviser, for her constant guidance and supervision, Her challenges and her valuable

suggestions for the improvement of this study.

Rev. Fr. Jeffrey A. Zuniga PhD, our College Dean for his constant support.Mrs. Romina Agustin, for her encouragement, her grammar expertise,

comments and suggestions made the presentation of the study clearer.