Vocabulary Skills Development Strategies of Grade 6 English Teachers in the Public Elementary Schools

Abstract

This study assesses the vocabulary skill development strategies of Grade 6 English teachers in the public elementary schools of San Fernando City, La Union, during the school year 2017-2018, as a basis of proposed intervention measured. The descriptive research method was used. It involves thirty seven grade six English teachers and twenty six school administrators as respondents. The vocabulary skills of Grade 6 learners were perceived to be "very satisfactorily." The difficulties of Grade 6 learners in vocabulary skills were perceived as moderately serious. The vocabulary skills development strategies of Grade 6 English learners were perceived as highly effective. The problems encountered in developing the vocabulary skills were perceived as moderately serious. There were no significant differences between the perceptions of the Grade 6 English teachers and the school administrators on the different variables under study.