Teaching Panitikang Asyano through Contextualization and Localization

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The success of the students is also the achievement of their former teachers and the reflection of the lessons in their everday life is a success of an effective teaching. All teachers encounter enormous challenges in the field of teaching. In accordance with this, Filipino teachers must be efficient to prove the essentiality of Filipino subject not just in college but in the different domains of sociolinguistics. This research aims to come up with an active program in teaching Panitikang Asyano with the use of Contextualization and localization. This study aims to identify the profile of teacher-respondents according to: age, major, seminars attended and years in service. It also aims to determine the status of contextualization and localization in teaching Panitikang Asyano and to analyze the significant relationship of the status and the profile of the respondents.

METHODS

Descriptive survey research design has been used in this study. The researcher used questionnaire as a tool, conduct an interview and focus group discussion (FGD) to collect and gather valid data. Furthermore, the statistical treament used were F-test, T-test and chi-square to dertermined the significant relationship of the respondents in teaching Panitikang Asyano with the use of contextualization and localization.

RESULTS

The study found out that 25 teachers out of 35 respondents are legitimate Filipino majors are teaching Panitikang Asyano. Many of them are newly hired, have had a few seminars attended and less years in service. Topics and objectives got a composite mean of 3.67, which means that teachers align their topics in the curriculum guide given by the Department of Education while using contextualization and localization got a composite mean of 3.23 which means it is used moderately. Because of this, the study focused on the difficulties in using contextualization and localization to produce an active program for the enhancement and uplifting of the interest of the students in Batangas language and literature.

DISCUSSIONS

The output of the research can lead to intellectualized local language and literature. In accordance with this, it recommends to use the output and the continuous alignment of objectives and topics from the curriculum guide for the success of mentoring, and appreciate the culture and local literature to develop the Filipino together with local language speakers and writers.