The Use of Multimedia in Teaching Grade 12 at Bestlink College of the Philippines: Its Effects to Academic Performance

Abstract

Technology plays a vital role in 21st-century education. The effective use of technology in education has changed the face of education and it has created more educational opportunities. One of the techniques for improving the students in meeting the academic needs and helping them develop English Language skills by providing multimedia during the teaching and learning in the classroom. Multimedia classroom provides the student's chances for interacting with diverse texts that give them a solid background in the tasks and content of mainstream college courses. The study aims to find out some advantages of the use of multimedia in the classroom. This study uses the descriptive method of research design to gather information about The Use of Multimedia in Teaching Grade 12 at Bestlink College of the Philippines: Its Effect to Academic Performance. Descriptive research is used to describe the characteristics of a population or phenomenon being studied. Twenty (20) English Teachers were used as respondents using a survey questionnaire as the main tool in gathering data. These data were interpreted using frequency, ranking, and weighted mean. The respondents are female with ages ranging from 26 –35 years, single, and Bachelor degree holders. They used multimedia as a tool in teachings like laptops, cellphones, and projectors. These improved the academic performance of the respondents by increasing their interest and curiosity in the subject as compared to the traditional lecture method. However, problems on power interruption, no network connections, and the absence of projectors arose from the findings. These problems are relayed to the administration for solutions. This study demonstrated the benefits of using Multimedia tools in teaching grade 12 students. It can help the performance of the students by doing their tasks easily, presenting creative projects, ideas or presentations. Moreso, teachers can easily execute the lesson using laptops or computers. Problems can still be encountered if only a few teachers have laptops. To improve the teaching-learning process, the administrator of the school should provide these multimedia tools or increase the teachers’ salaries to own one.