Grammatical Competence of Grade Eleven Humanities and Social Sciences Students: Basis for Developing Supplementary intervention Materials

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study assessed the grammatical competence of Grade Eleven HUMMS students.

METHODS

This study purposely described the level of competence in English grammar of 37 Grade Eleven HUMSS (Hermes) students. Moreover, this is basically a research process intended to develop supplementary intervention materials which will be used to improve the level of grammatical competence of students. The pre-assessment and post-assessment scores of the respondents were used in the t-test.

RESULTS

The findings of the study showed that the level of competence of the students in English grammar was fairly competent. Furthermore, there was a significant difference between the respondents' pre-test and post-test scores. The findings implied that the students could make simple sentences but found difficulty in combining short, related phrases or clauses by using the proper connectors, or conjunctions. Likewise, the respondents found difficulty in determining whether a sentence was declarative, interrogative, a command or request, or an exclamatory sentence, and fail to place the correct punctuation marks for each kind of sentence.

DISCUSSIONS

On the basis of the findings and conclusions drawn, student-centered activities should be provided for drills and exercises to improve the communicative skills of the students.