Awareness in Words Used in Port by the Residents of Barangay Dalahican, Lucena City

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study aimed to collect the used words in the port of Barangay Dalahican, Lucena City, know the level of use in these collected words and make a glossary of these commonly used words.

METHODS

Mixed Method Exploratory was used by the researcher in this study. Descriptive-Qualitative design was used to get information about the words used in the port of Barangay Dalahican, Lucena City. Descriptive-Quantitative was used to get the information through the questionnaire for (1) fisherman, (2) vendor, (3) buyer, (4) selected Dalahicanins to identify the level of use in these words used in the port of Barangay Dalahican, Lucena. The researcher also used the formula "Weighted Mean" to get the level of use in these words.

RESULTS

Based on the results of the study, the fisherman, vendor, buyer and selected Dalahicanin got the "General Weighted Mean" of3.27 with the interpretation of "Frequently Used". The fisherman got the Mean of 3.39, the selected vendor got 3.35 with the interpretation of "Frequently Used" while the selected buyer got the mean of 3.24 and selected Dalahicanin got the Mean of 3.09 with the interpretation of "Used".

DISCUSSIONS

Based on the results of the study, there are words that are exclusively used in the port of Barangay Dalahican, Lucena. These collected words can be identified through its meaning, parts of speech, and classification. Generally, the selected fishermen, vendors, buyers and Dalahicanin frequently used these collected words in the port of Barangay Dalahican, Lucena City. To develop the vocabulary, the researcher made a glossary "PAMAMALAKAYA” (Words that are using in Port). The researcher recommended that people should continue using the Dalahicanin words, especially the words that are using in port and patronize and use the developed glossary "PAMAMALAKAYA (Words that are using in Port)" to enhance the vocabulary and to have additional studies connected to this research.