Effectiveness of Using Ekomiks as Teaching Material in Teaching Filipino Subject in Grade 9 Students of Gov. Felicisimo T. San Luis Integrated Senior High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

There are numbers of teaching materials used by teachers in teaching Filipino subject. Through these materials, teachers tried to develop and improve the learner's performances in terms of their grades in Filipino subject. Teachers noticed that these materials are proven to be effective and yet tried to discover new things in order to cope up with the trend of the new generation students in which, these said students, are interested in using new gadgets such as cellphones, iPod, computers, and tablets. The researcher tried to discover the effectiveness of eKomiks as a new tool in teaching Filipino subject. There are numbers of teaching materials used by teachers in teaching Filipino subject. Through these materials, teachers tried to develop and improve the learner's performances in terms of their grades in Filipino subject. Teachers noticed that these materials are proven to be effective and yet tried to discover new things in order to cope up with the trend of the new generation students in which, these said students, are interested in using new gadgets such as cellphones, iPod, computers, and tablets. The researcher tried to discover the effectiveness of eKomiks as a new tool in teaching Filipino subject.

METHODS

Descriptive Method of Research was used in gathering the needed information. The information was divided into two parts. Test Questions about the interest were given to the respondents as the first part of the study. On the second part of the questionnaire, the researcher used the traditional materials such as books, komiks, magazines, eKomiks and the test questions for pre and post-test.

RESULTS

Based on the interpretation on the table on the level of the interest of the respondents in the traditional group, it shows that electronic gadgets are more interesting than traditional teaching material with the total mean score of 4.40 and 3.50 with the standard deviation of 0.79 and1.02 respectively. The respondents using eKomiks attain the highest score in their post-test with the total mean score of 28.43 and SD of 1.63 while respondents using traditional material gain the total mean score of 25.07 and SD of 2.86.

DISCUSSIONS

Based on the results of the research it was recommended that traditional material should be used as support as a support tool in teaching the subject. That the Department of Education must allow a budget in preparing and develop other teaching material in teaching literature using electronic gadgets and it is suggested that eKomiks should be used as effective teaching material in teaching Filipino and other subjects if possible.