Review Related Literature Final
Review Related Literature Final
Review Related Literature Final
Introduction
According to Ali, Mahawod, Yeop, et.al (2009) "Bring minds make bright
futures" prepatory children now a day are far better than before they are more advance in
teaching and more capable of absorbing the methods of learning that used with the. Modern
teaching accompanied modules and analytical measure develop the preschoolers and memory
retention that reserve as a foundation of their education. Teenagers today are more willing and
not afraid to try to discover new ways and method of learning. The student learning plays an
important role in producing the best quality graduates who will become great leader and
manpower for the country this responsible for the country economic and social development.
In addition, Stephan and Schaban (2002) said that performance of the student is
environmental factor. Through this factor strongly influence the performance of the grade
seven students but this factor differs from country to country a person to person. Most of the
previous studies on academic performance of grade seven students focus on such issues like
teacher education, class environment, teaching style, family educational background and socio
economic factor. The majority of the research in the world applied the GPS to assess the
In other hand Misha (2014) said that student's performance was affected by
findings showed that,the presence of untrained under - qualified and trained teacher who are
incompetent resulted to skip teaching some difficult topics in the syllabus and student and
Students performance at the level of secondary has the strong impact on the other
level of higher and tertiary education.The chapter includes an explanation on why this topic
will be important, research problem, the purpose and significant in the specific research
Theoretical Framework
This study hinged on Gagne's theory condition learning. This theory stipulates that there
are several different types of level of learning. The significance of these classifications is that
each different type requires different types of instructions. Gagne identifies five major skill
categories of learning. Verbal information, intellectual skills, cognitive strategies, major skill
and attitudes. Different internal and external condition are necessary for each type of learning.
For example, for cognitive strategies to be applied on grade seven student to be learned
attitudes, the learner must be exposed a creative role model or persuassive visualization.
The most famous and leading theory of cognitive development is that of swiss
psychologist jean Piaget theory, first published in 1952, grew out of decades of broad
observation of grade seven student reacted to their environment, he projected a more active
role for them than that suggested by learning theory. He envied a grade seven students’
knowledge as composed of schemas, basic unit of knowledge used to prepare past experience
and since as a basic unit of knowledge use to prepare past and sense as a basis of understanding
of ones.
At the center of Piaget theory is the principle that cognitive development occurs in a
series of four district, universal stages, each characterized by increasingly repined and nine –
figurative levels of thought. One of these stages is the pre- operational stage (toddler hood and
early childhood) in this period which has two sub stages, intelligence in demonstrated through
the use of symbol. Language use mature and memory and imagination ate develop but thinking
the type of language needed in the educational settings. Classroom activities like reading,
writing, participating in formal conversations and taking exams are some of the tasks that
require cognitive academic language proficiency. Thus, students who have not yet developed
their cognitive academic language proficiency may encounter difficulties in learning science,
mathematics and other academic subjects. The theory on cognitive academic language
proficiency, therefore, provided a reason to study and investigate the relationship between
English language proficiency and the language environment and language preference of Grade
9 Junior High Students. Based on Figure 1, it conceptualized that the English language
proficiency of the Grade 9 students of Jose Sanvictores Sr. High School affects their English
language. This study believes that if the students have high English language proficiency, they
are more likely to perform well in their academics, particularly in the said subject
Respondent Profile
Figure 1 presents the research paradigm of the study. It is based on the 2 boxes model
which is shows how the factors affect students` learning in English subject.
In the independent variable includes the profile of the respondents in the terms of age,
gender, parents, educational attainment, gross monthly income of parents, and the factors
The dependent variable covers the factors affecting the learning of grade 10 students
towards English subject in Sandiat National High School, school year 2019-2020.
The study focuses on the factors affecting the English learning performances of grade
1. What is the profile of the student’s respondents in terms of the following variables?
1.1 Age
1.2 Gender
2. What is the average grade of the students in first and second quarter?
3. What are the factors affecting learning of the students towards English subject?
and the country in general. This study is deemed beneficial to the following entities:
Curriculum planners. They are involved in building the curriculum that shall be include
Administrator. Leads the school could use the findings of the study by empowering teachers
Teachers. This study boosting the teacher to educate student in much better learning in
English.
Parents. For parents to help their children this kind of situation through family support.
Researcher. This study benefited the researcher by enhancing their skills involving conducting
a study.
Future Researcher. The result of this study serves as their basis for better understanding of
the issue.
The study focuses on the Factors Affecting the Learning of grade 7 students towards
However, it was limited to the analysis of the Factors such as Teacher factors, Teacher
For a deeper analysis of the main problem, the Factors Affecting the Learning of grade 7
Definition of Terms
Attitude. A settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that
Behavior. The way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially toward others.
taught.
Skills. The ability to carry out a task with determined results often within a given amount of
Reading Comprehension: This term means an understanding of what the learner understands
what he or she reads. It is an act of grasping an idea or process with the intellect
Chapter II
This chapter presents various related literature and studies. Related literature includes
commentaries and reviews of other people regarding the reading, language acquisition, and
anxiety. Related studies include various researches, thesis, or studies related to the present
investigation.
RELATED LITERATURE
FOREIGN
In this era, the use of English language has improved. People in the world speak in
English, both as national language and daily languages are so many English language
institution which serves various techniques in learning English in order to improve our English
ability. English became important in many field lives. Getting scholarship, going abroad, and
Various demographic features such as gender and age were examined in relation to
academic performance in higher education (Li, Chen, & Duanmu, 2010). These factors that
were identified in the literature are applicable to both domestic and international students in
higher education. However, there are other factors involved when it comes to the international
students' academic performance in higher education, since international students have unique
characteristics that distinguish them from domestic students (Li et al., 2010).
Language teaching involves difficult decisions regarding when teaching should start,
what the curriculum should include and which methods should be used (Güngör & Öğretir,
2008; cited in Hashemi 2011). To answer these questions, the factors that affect language
learning should be known first. Hashemi (2011) identified that students’ weakness in English
Differences in mediating effect of intensity of language education are one factor that identified
school.
The majority of the students who admitted into the University of Nigeria have no ample
opportunity to study English Language, except those who are admitted to study English and
related subjects such as linguistics and literature in English (Abebe & Davidson 2012). Though
all students accepted into the universities in Nigeria are encouraged to take few courses in the
use of English, the content of these English courses are grossly inadequate for the students to
acquire requisite skills in effective use of language for communication and the give and take
of social experience. To study English as a second language and be successful at it, the student
must be helped by the teacher to acquire skills in the four language arts skills; namely:
Liu (2013) believes that the ultimate goal of language instruction is to equip learners
with the ability to use the language for their communication. This notion reasonably explains
why the four macro language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) fall into the two
categories: vocal and written communication. Listening and speaking considered the most
important forms of vocal communication, whereas reading and writing belonged to the most
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list of words and the set of grammatical rules (Akbari, 2015). English language has been used
universally for all types of communication, for this reason English speaking skill should be
taught and developed along with the other skills so that communication achievement can be
enhanced with native speakers and non-native speakers of English (Boonkit, K.2010). There
are many factors that may affect students’ speaking performance, for example, Time allowed
Confidence, and Feedback during speaking activities. When conducting a study to investigate
the factors that may influence students’ performance in speaking skill, it should be taken into
account the cultural and influences relevant to learning speaking skill. However, students come
to school from different backgrounds and therefore having different levels of exposure and
practice in the use of English language (Khalil Jahbel, 2017). According also to her study result,
it is noticed that students experience several factors such as psychological and linguistic
factors. The psychological factors include students are worried about making mistakes and feel
shy; lack of motivation and confidence, whereas the linguistic factors include using their
The use of first language (L1) in the English classroom has been and we'll remain an
issue that everyone has an opinion about, either against or for it. Various studies have shown
that studies first language play an important part in learning of target languages (Lightbown &
Spada 2013; River, 2011). However, there is another school of thought that believers that
massive exposure to target language is required in order to maximize the learning process for
Likewise, it has been observed that language learning strategies can improve the
between metacognitive strategies and English grades. Fewell (2010), Huang (2016) employed
a grounded theory approach and explained that variations were specifically associated to the
Learners’ strategies differed in attaining personal learning goals and solving learning
difficulties. Thus, learner’s ability, learning beliefs, and motivation in relation to learning
contexts considerably matter in choosing learning strategies In the Philippines, Cabaysa and
Baetiong (2010) conducted a causal-comparative study on the language learning strategies used
by 70 high school students when speaking in class and found that intermediate speakers were
school generated the greatest number of responses when asked about the factors contributing
to strategy use. This was followed by attitude towards speaking in English and task at hand
among others. The study implies that strategy use has a direct significant effect on students’
speaking achievement
A person who is proficient in English may have unlimited access to the world’s known
scientific and technological discoveries that are predominantly written in English. This means
that for a better grasp of knowledge in English, students should be more exposed in Mass
Media, Technology, and Printed Reading Materials (Alngog, 2013). In connection with the
relationship between language environment and language preference to the English language
proficiency, it is presumed that students who have high proficiency in English are expected to
perform well in English as a subject and in other school subjects. Thus, this study investigates
on the English Proficiency of Grade Nine Junior High Students at which grade level the
researcher is assigned. Department of Education Officials (DO No. 72, s. 2011), agreed that
proficiency in the English language depends on the nature of the environment and the language
preference that these learners are exposed and developed their skills. More advanced
Facebook, Instagram, Skype, Edmodo, Quipper, Twitter, Emails, Google Chrome, etc. can
As Aina and Ogundele (2013) claimed, language proficiency in English is significantly related
to academic performance. Academic subjects like Science, Mathematics, and English often
requires the use of language functions. The language plays a significant role in critical and
analytical thinking required in any subjects. The more functions with which students are adept,
the more effective their thinking can be. Thus, the more the students are proficient in the
English language, the more they are likely to perform well in their academic subjects.
Synthesis
The literature made as a basis on the formulation of the theoretical and conceptual
framework of the study, the problem, hypotheses, and the summary by which the whole
research was developed and conducted. Some looked at whether learners have positive or
negative attitudes towards learning a foreign language (Abu-Rabia, 2003). Insights from the
studies cited had helped in many ways. For instance(Williams, Powers, Kong & Starr, 2012)
poor language proficiency has been considered a barrier to learning and academic success at
the higher education, where universities require students seeking admission to obtain a score
on English language proficiency tests to indicate that they can achieve academically success
In connection to the present study, researchers found that the above literature is useful
to increase the performances of the respondents specially in the English language and English
subject. As the literature above and views show, much research have much deeper
RELATED STUDIES
FOREIGN
Cook (2011) believes the proof of teaching is in the learning and all successful teaching
depends upon learning. Cook also states that there is no point in providing interesting, well-
prepared language lessons if students do not learn from them. It’s important for teachers and
learners to understand the goal language teaching and learning, as well as how to achieve it. It
is pointed out that the goal of language teaching is to develop learners’ communicative
competence Rivers (2008)cited by (Liu, 2013),when selecting learning activities, one must
always remember that the goal is for the students to be able to interact freely with others: to
understand what others wish to communicate in the broadest sense and to be able to convey to
Performance of the students depended upon several factor like, learning facilities, age
and gender difference. The most significant factors with the positive outcome on the
performance of the students in competence of student in English student having good
communication skills it expanded the student performance (Abdullah 2011). This study was
conducted to investigate the factor affecting the learning of English of the secondary school
students in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The objectives of the study were (1) to find out the factors
affecting the learning of English at secondary level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; and (2) to provide
a base for improvement of teaching English as a second language at the secondary school level
in Pakistan.The study done by Baghous, Bacha and Nab Hani (2011) told us that promoting
positive student attitude towards the learning language can motivate students to learn and
More research is needed to understand the nature of the activities employed in Turkish
However, participants’ answers to the first question show that students continue to be passive
learners who learn through teacher-centered activities. It is problematic to see that these two
realities cannot nurture each other to educate successful learners since students cannot be
also problematic that teachers do not give importance to the culture of the language learned
and taught. The study results raised some interesting discussions about the role of learners in
English classes. Through class observations, it found out that the students themselves are not
passive. This finding confirms previous studies that found Vietnamese to be no longer passive
(Mai & Iwashita, 2012). Instead of traditional whole-class settings, they prefer to participate in
communicative activities that enable them to use the language to express themselves, explore
problems and exchange ideas with their friends to acquire knowledge effectively (Mai &
Iwashita, 2012).
Many empirical studies indicate that English proficiency plays a crucial role for
addition to English proficiency, some culture-specific and cross-cultural issues (e.g., academic
culture shock associated with a different education system, lecture style, and relationships
between students and lecturers) have been identified as factors that contribute to the
Research to this factor has conducted from different perspectives. Some looked at whether
learners have positive or negative attitudes towards learning a foreign language (Abu-Rabia,
2003). Some other studies focused on the correlation between attitude and language proficiency
level (Clément, 2013).Poor language proficiency has been considered a barrier to learning and
academic success at the higher education, where universities require students seeking
admission to obtain a score on English language proficiency tests to indicate that they can
LOCAL
Racca and Lasaten (2016) conducted a study involving 216 students in Philippines with
the aim to determine the relationship between English language proficiency and their academic
performance. It was disclosed that student's academic performance in science subject has
significantly been impacted by their English language proficiency. Racca and Lasaten (2016)
describe student with high English languages proficiency tend to perform well in science,
mathematics, and English subject. Similar to learning English, writing and speaking skill are
Alngog (2013) observes that secondary students show poor proficiency in the English
language in expressing their feelings and in sharing their ideas. They find it hard to
communicate various thoughts because of the lack of mastery of the English language. The
majority is bereft of the lack of skills. The classroom teacher should follow as much as possible
a systematic procedure, starting with the collection of data, conduct analysis and publish the
results and findings. The teacher should seek feedback from colleagues at all stages of the
process, process the final results in academic journals and refereed publications, sharing the
results with others. No matter if it is hard or easy to master a language, it is a prolonged and
consistent period. Acquiring or learning a language requires much time and effort from not
only the learners but from the teachers as well. Nowadays, when English considered as an
international language, the activity of teaching and learning English as a foreign or second
language is also examined and discussed widely all over the world.
However, various studies reveal that in the Philippines the quality of education is
continuously declining. This notion based on the results of achievement tests where the
academic performance of the students attributed to their proficiency in the English language.
In Caraga Administrative Region, the English language proficiency of the secondary students
has deteriorated in several ways: incorrect grammar, lack of fluency, poor reading
matter of fact, the National Achievement Test (NAT) Mean Percentage Score Reports of
School Year 2014 in Surigao del Sur Division that 56.20% in English as a quantifier of the
division’s performance remained in the bottom ranking. This lack of language skills manifested
in several ways – weak in structure, the inability to use English in connected discourse, poor
reading comprehension skills and the lack of interest in reading. National Educational Testing
and Research Center NETRC (2014) claimed that the declining results was due to the effects
of language environment and preference in Mass Media, Technology, and Printed Reading
into the profile of the respondents in terms of sex, course, type of high school graduated from,
geographical location, parents’ educational attainment, parents’ work status, language used at
home, exposure to mass media, and how these variables are related to the respondents’
linguistic errors. Baetiong and Cabayan (2010) serves to examine the use of language learning
strategies by high school students when speaking in class and factors. Seventy junior students
of the public school were observed and asked to answer 19-item language checklist result
shows strategy to use to follow this order metacognitive social and comparative strategies
strategies used and at which strategies orchestrated. These factors were used to influence
strategy used.
Synthesis
The studies made as a basis on the formulation of the theoretical and conceptual
framework of the study, the problem, hypotheses, and. Alngog (2013) observes that secondary
students show poor proficiency in the English language in expressing their feelings and in
sharing their ideas Alngog (2013) . Insights from the studies cited had helped in many ways.
For instance, the studies of Alngog, Baetiong, and Cabayan and Tabula strengthened the
concepts of the relationship between language performance, and reading comprehension of the
students and the connection between language environment and the students’ oral
In the connection of the whole investigation was developed and conducted. As these
studies above and views show, much research is needed to uncover all aspects of teaching
English to young learners so that the quality of teaching increases as expected and planned.
The ideas of the authors compared to the language, the teaching of English students and
teachers have inspired the researcher to focus on the use of various approaches on the English
Proficiency of grade 10 Students. Insights from the students cited had also helped in many
ways .
Chapter III
This chapter presents the description of the methods of research to be used by the
researcher in the conduct of the study. This includes methods of research used, respondents of
the study, data gathering instruments, data gathering procedures and the statistical tools.
This study uses descriptive method which involves observing and describing behavior
of a subject without influencing it in any way. The researchers use stratified random sampling
in choosing the respondents. Out of 115 population, the researchers only take the 80 of it. The
data are collected through questionnaires. The researchers create questions on each of the
factors and the respondents answer the questions through the scale (1-5). Documentary analysis
is also used to determine the respondent’s performance in their English subject by their first
The researcher uses the slovin’s formula in identifying the number of the respondents
needed in the study. There are selected from the grade 10 students of Sandiat National High
School. School Year 2019 – 2020. Table 1 presents the frequency and percentage distribution
of respondents.
Table 1
Frequency and Percentage distribution of respondents by section.
Grade 10 section’s Number of enrollees Frequency Percentage
Jade 39 31 34.44
Onyx 38 29 32.33
Jasper 38 30 33.33
*Slovin’s Formula:
n=N/1+Ne2
for the cognitive and non – cognitive characteristics of a respondents. The cognitive variables
are the respondent’s grades in English for the first and second quarter. The non – cognitive
variables include age, gender, birth order educational attainment of the parents, occupation of
parents and monthly income of parents. The English factors skill is used to measure the level
To give meaning and significant to the data arrived at, this is the score using 5 point Likert
follows:
1. Sample selection of sample. It is done using stratified random sampling. Ninety (90)
2. Communication and permission. Before the researcher conduct the study, first
3. Administer and Retrieval of Questionnaire. The researcher administers the test through
the assistance of the English language. The questionnaire will be retrieved; data will be
Statistical Tools
The data gathered is tallied, tabulated, organized and analyzed with the following
statistical treatments.
This measure is used to describe the profile of the students in terms of age, gender,
educational attainment of parent and monthly income. It is also used tabulate the English
P=F/N x 100
Where:
P = percentage
F = number of respondents
Mean
It is used to determine the mean grade of students and the factors affecting the English
X = FX/N
Where:
X = Mean
= summation Symbol
F = frequency
N = number of Cases
The following scales are used in the interpretation of the data in the study:
The following are the range of grades and their equivalent levels of interpretation based
90 – 100 Outstanding
85 – 84 Very Satisfactory
75 – 79 Satisfactory
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Chapter IV