Teaching strategies, English proficiency and Academic performance of Public and Private Elementary schools in District III, City of Bacoor, Cavite / by Jomar T. Petilo.

Master Thesis (Master of Arts in Education Major in Educational Management) Cavite State University.

Includes bibliographical references.

Teacher Education Department

PETILO, JOMAR T. Teaching Strategies, English Proficiency and Academic
Performance of Public and Private Elementary Schools in District m, City of Bacoor,
Cavite. Graduate Thesis. Master of Arts in Education major in Educational Management,
Cavite State University, Indang Cavite. December 2019. Adviser Liza C. Costa, PhD.
This study was conducted in order to assess the English proficiency level of grade six
pupils in District Ill, City of Bacoor, Cavite with regard to the teaching strategies and their
academic performance and to determine the problems that they encountered in learning the
language.
Specifically, the study aimed to : (1) determine socio-demographic profile of the students
according to sex, parent's highest educational attainment, family income and type of school, (2)
define socio-demographic profile of the teachers according to sex, highest educational
attainment, family income and type of school currently employed (3) identify teaching strategies
used in teaching English, (4) know the level of english proficiency of the participants, (5) identify
the academic performance of the panicipant, (6) determine the significant difference in the
teaching strategies when grouped to according to sociodemographic profile, (7) distinguish the

significant difference in the level of english proficiency when grouped according to socio-
demographic profile and (8) know the relationship between english proficiency and academic

performance of the panicipants.
The study was a descriptive- correlational type of research. Data are gathered by using
a survey questionnaire about the socio- demographic profile, strategies used in teaching
English, academic performance of the participants on the latest grading period, English
proficiency and test proper that contain the standardized test about English proficiency with the
specific skills in English particularly in the areas of (a) grammar, (b.)
word analogy, (c) identifying errors, (d) paragraph development and (e) reading
comprehension cited from MSA National Achievement Test (NAT ) Reviewer for Grade Six
by Merle S. Alferez. Participants are grade six pupils from public and private schools of
schools of District Ill, City of Bacoor, Cavite. The study comprised of 441 pupilparticipants
with 333 and 108 public and private pupils, respectively.

Data gathered were analyzed using F-test or One Way INOVA, Chi-Square,
Contingency Coefficient, Pearson Product Correlation Coefficient, Mean, Frequency and
Percentage, Phi-coefficient and T-test for independent samples.
The findings of the study stated that majority of the participants were females; from
public schools; had family income of 10,000 and below and parents' highest educational
attainment were college graduates. While their teachers are mostly females; had 20,001 to
30,000 monthly income; college graduate and had 4 years and above teaching experince.
Teacher's teaching strategies as perceived by the students revealed that visualization was
the most commonly used while as perceived by the teachers Technology in the classroom
was the common strategy applied during lessons while differentiation, behavior management
and collaborative learning were the least. The study showed that the total English proficiency
level of the participants was "Moderately Satisfactory". The academic performance if both
public and private students was "Satisfactory". The significant difference in the teaching
strategies when grouped according to socio-demographic in ( l .) sex, (2) type of school, (3)
family income and (4) parent's highest educational attainments; there is a significant
difference between sex and the teaching strategies of differentiation and technology in the
classroom; there is a significant difference between type of school and the teaching
strategies of visualization, collaborative learning, technology in the classroom and behavior;
there is a significant difference between family income and the teaching strategies of
technology in the classroom; lastly, there is a significant difference between parent's
educational attainment and the teaching strategies of differentiation. The significant
difference in the level of English proficiency when grouped according to sociodemographic
profile shows that there is no significant difference when grouped according to sex; there is a
significant difference when grouped according to type of school; there is a significant
difference when grouped according monthly family income and when grouped according to
parents highest educational attainment. There was a significant relationship between the
level ofEnglish proficiency when grouped according to academic performance of the
participants.

Submitted to the University Library 02/11/2020 T-8396