Nonprint Module in SHS Oral Communication

Abstract

Communication skills are one of the 21st Century Lifelong Skills that a K-to-12 student needs to possess to cope with this advanced world's trends. However, despite learning English from elementary to junior high school levels, students still face difficulty communicating effectively. Responding to this reality, this study aimed to assess the oral communicative competence of Grade 11 students in upland schools in the City Schools Division of San Fernando as a basis in the development of a Nonprint Module in SHS Oral Communication. The study employed the descriptive survey method of research using a researcher-made questionnaire that was subjected to validation and reliability testing. Frequency counts, weighted mean, independent t-test, and regression analysis were used to treat the data gathered in this study. The findings revealed an average oral communicative competency level of the students, illustrating that it was far below the very highly competent expectations of the course. The respondents' oral communicative competence was highly affected by school factors but moderately affected by personal factors, home factors, and peer factors. Moreover, the teachers and the respondents did not significantly differ in their perceptions of the students' oral communicative competence level. Furthermore, school factors can considerably predict the students' communicative competence, while the rest of the factors are not significant predictors. The findings of the study highlighted the roles of school stakeholders to achieve the envisioned competence of students, i.e., oral communication, toward the achievement of the nation's educational goals; hence, the developed nonprint module in SHS Oral Communication was endorsed as supplementary learning materials for upland schools in San Fernando City Division.