Ala-Eh Pen and Voices: Development of Localized Learning Material in English for Grade 11 Students

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Developing competence in grammar in a localized communicative situations and activities, English language learners can communicate appropriately in academic and professional environment. To develop localized learning material, the study described the respondents in terms of attitudes toward language communicative activities, interests in speaking and writing, English language media exposure, and localized practices. It measured the level of grammatical competence relative to using adverbs of intensity, coordinating conjunction, clauses, and spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. It determined the significant relationship between the levels of grammatical competencies and the students' descriptions.

METHODS

It made use of descriptive research, teacher-made test and questionnaire distributed to 239 Grade 11 students of the Division of Batangas City, 2017-2018. Percentage, mean, and pearson r product moment correlation were utilized.

RESULTS

Data revealed that Grade 11 students have a positive attitude toward communicative language activities, moderate interest to speaking and writing and frequent exposure to language media frequently perform indigenized practices. They got a fairly satisfactory level of grammatical competence on areas of adverbs of intensity and coordinating conjunctions, while they do not meet expectations on areas of clauses, and spelling, capitalization and punctuation. There is a significant relationship between levels of grammatical competence on adverbs of intensity, clauses and coordinating conjunctions and attitudes toward language communicative activities. There is a significant relationship between levels of grammatical competence on coordinating conjunctions and indigenized practices.

DISCUSSIONS

The sociocultural context where students live and learn must be transformed into a context where literacy practices abound. Thus, localization indigenization of learning material is encouraged. Ala-Eh Pen and Voices is a localized learning material that contains suggested localized grammatical activities and situations anchored on the low-scoring grammatical competencies and communicative situations with low composite means. The localized activities are entitled Three Things I Love in Isla Verde, Ala-eh, Batangueňo ka ga?, Badjao: Educate A Community, Dive in Verde Island, Growing Sweetest Mangoes, Welcome to Sublian Festival and Delightful Batangas Cuisine.