Proposed Enrichment to the Inadequacies in Conversational English of Select Grade Ten Students of Inicbulan National High School SY 2016-2017

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study is about selected Grade 10 High School students from Inicbulan National High School who displayed inadequacies in the conversational English. These are poor sentence construction, wrong use of tenses and connectives, lack of vocabulary knowledge and skills and inappropriate syntaxes. Dacanay agreed with the assumption that automatic habit information is necessary in the teaching of the foreign language or English as our Second Language of instruction as stated in Section 13, Act No. 74 of the 1973 Constitution.

METHODS

Observation and series of tests were used to assess the knowledge level and skills of the selected students through purposive sampling. The proposed interventions used were one-on-one tutorials, mentoring/coaching and journal writing. Under tutorials are textual reading, translating texts, paraphrasing and interpreting contents. Survey aims to know why the learners were hesitant in the use of English during classroom conversations and discussions. Through observations and tests, the researcher came up with a program that targets the weaknesses of these learners.

RESULTS

Tutorial is the most basic of all the proposed intervention. The learners consider it harder because the focus is on them and on the techniques employed. Mentoring had given them the chance to correct themselves and be corrected without thinking that somebody is taking advantage of their weaknesses. Teachers and students were able to work hand in hand without pressure and learned to trust one another. Learners were able to improve themselves gradually, without being embarrassed publicly. Journal writing allowed learners to express themselves on discussions and became more willing to speak. Students began to improve in conversation and used content words although function words are lacking. The participants were developing self-esteem and self-confidence.

DISCUSSIONS

In general, quality education is really a hand in hand effort of the administration, the school, the home, parents, and learners. This applies generally on all levels and on all subjects. Verbal communication is the transmission of ideas, opinions, emotions or attitudes through the use of oral languages. Through this spoken language, man is able to develop self-confidence, acquire friends or even create enemies. This is imperative to students so they could converse effectively with teachers and peers. They have to express themselves however because spoken language is relied upon more than the strict adherence to standard English.