Factors Affecting the Academic Performance Of Grade 11 Students in English at Bestlink College of the Philippines

Abstract

Today, English is the international language. Even the technology and working world use English as a way to communicate with consumers. It is believed that the students want to be the winner in the working world. Competition is getting tight day by day. One of the conditions that the students must acquire is having the ability to speak English fluently. This skill will be their plus point. In facing the working world, the environment means that people can communicate outside the workplace. The study employed qualitative and quantitative approaches, questionnaires, and documentary review. The investigation aims to gather information. The study reveals that community factors affect most academic performance. This research identified seven community factors: peer pressure, pollution, neighborhood characteristics, community program, residence’s area, neighborhood influences, and safety that affect learner’s achievement. In terms of community, several recent studies suggest that high levels of poverty within the community can adversely affect children development regardless of the quality of the individual family environment. The findings may be utilized to improve the Academic performance of grade 11 GAS students in English and it will serve as a guide for awareness of the factors affecting the academic performance in English. There is also an ecological balance in the relations between the community and the school. This research suggests that the human capital and social capital of the community and children reinforce each other in a reproductive loop. This means the human and social capital of family and community play a role in the creation of the human and social capital of the children (quality education), and vice-versa. These observations on education quality add a new horizon to the knowledge base of primary education, and one that may contribute to policy-making and facilitate further research.