Correlation of Filipino and English Bilingualism and Mathematical Competency of Filipino Grade 10 Students

Abstract

This paper aims to understand the relationship between the proficiency of Grade 10 students in Language, both in Filipino and in English, to their Mathematical Competency; examining the academic impacts to bilingual students having Filipino and English as their main languages used. The data is based on the records of the 2017 batch of Nazareth School of National UniversitySenior High School coming from their final averages in Filipino, English, and Mathematics in Junior High School. The data are treated with various statistical measures; compared with Analysis of Variance, Cohen’s effect size (d) and relationship (r), as well as Fisher’s Z. The study shows that there are significant relationships between all the subjects, whereas it is only determinable by using varying statistical study. This implies that as students improve their communication and comprehension skills from both languages, their Mathematical Competency also increases. In conclusion, bilingual students depend on their language proficiency in studying and understanding Mathematics as a course subject.: