Grade 9 Students' Assessment of the English Teaching Strategies in Selected Public High School in Sta. Rosa, Laguna

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

A study was conducted to determine the grade 9 students' assessment of the English teaching strategies in selected public high school in Santa Rosa, Laguna.

METHODS

A total of 342 grade 9 public high school students and 14 grade 9 public high school English teachers from the 4 selected public high school in Santa Rosa, Laguna. The statistical treatments of data included were Slovin's formula, frequency percentage, and mean and Spearman Rho Rank Correlation. Likert Scale was also used to determine the grade 9 students' assessment.

RESULTS

The strategy used most of the time by the grade 9 English teachers in speaking as perceived by the grade 9 students is Pronunciation Drill with a weighted mean of 3.90 %. While the strategy used most of the time in Reading is Think Aloud Activity with a weighted mean of 3.61 %. When it comes to strategy in Writing, the strategy used most of the time is Response Notebook with a weighted mean of 3.81 %. While the most used strategy in Listening is Question-Answer Relation with a weighted mean of 4.15 %. The strategy used most of the time by the grade 9 English teachers in Viewing as perceived by the grade 9 students is Film Showing with a weighted mean of 3.68 %.

DISCUSSIONS

The English teachers must be able to regularly update their teaching strategies on the new trends where they can attend the needs of their students. 21st century teachings can gauge the classroom and tasks conflicts towards millennial or the 21st century learners.