Teachers' Profile and Instructional Difficulties, Adequacy of Teaching Materials and Students' Performance in English

Abstract

Introduction

Amidst the changes in the world of education, the effectiveness and efficiency of the teacher are at stake. For whatever happened to a student, whether he passed or failed, it is said to be a teacher factor. This is one of the reasons why the study was conducted. The purpose of this is to identify the factors affecting the students' academic achievement, specifically in English. The study can be a help for English teachers to improve their teaching competencies. The study was conducted to find the relationship between teachers' profile and instructional difficulties, and the adequacy of teaching materials to students' academic performance in English in the seven public secondary schools of Candaba, Pampanga during the school year 2011-2012.

Methods

This study described the demographic profile and the instructional difficulties encountered by the 27 English teacher respondents. Likewise, it determined the adequacy of teaching materials in English. The students' academic performance in the aforementioned subject was also described.

Results

Resultsshowed that significant relationships existed between the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of educational attainment, training, and seminars attended and students' achievement in English. Out of four areas on instructional difficulties, only difficulties in lesson planning did form a significant relationship with the academic achievement of the students in English. Adequacy of general reference materials and audio-visual materials did form a significant relationship with the students' academic performance in the said learning area.

Discussions

Based on the findings, the following conclusions were derived:1. There is a significant relationship between the demographic profile of the respondents I terms of educational attainment and training and seminars attended and students' achievement in English.2. There is no significant relationship between the instructional difficulties encountered by the teachers and the students' performance in English.3. There is a significant relationship between the adequacy of teaching materials and the students' academic achievement in English.