Slang Usage and the Academic Performance of Junior High School Students of San Juan National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Slangs are very popular in the Philippines and are commonly used in school settings and public places. Moreover, several researches have shown the impact of slang usage in the academic performance of the students. In line with this, this study wants to confirm the results of other researchers in the locale of San Juan National High School, Handong, Libmanan,Camarines Sur.

METHODS

The respondents were selected using a stratified random sampling technique and were given a validated researcher-made questionnaire. Then, the gathered data were analyzed and compared with the other researches using basic statistical tools.

RESULTS

According to the data gathered, seventy-one percent of the respondents rarely used slangs and eighty percent of those admitted that they are only familiar with a certain type of slang. Commonly in informal discussions, it revealed that variety of reasons as to why they used slangs. Calculation of Pearson r and t-value showed that there is no significant relationship between the slang words usage and the academic performance of the students.

DISCUSSIONS

The results of this study clearly contradict the conclusion of other researches. However, a possible factor that affected these findings is the difference in the locality of the respondents. With this, the researcher recommends further study of the impact of slang usage in the academic performance on other localities and provide comparative analysis among the other existing researches to have a more comprehensive and location-independent results.