Southern City Colleges

Pilar Street, Zamboanga City

THE IMPACT OF USING ENGLISH LANGUAGE

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE

Ajid, Rufaida M.
Talavera, Rovic C.
Delos Reyes, Bryxx Phyk B.
Jainal, Muslima
Alpa, Nurmaida
Altab,Radzmalyn
Kahaluddin, Haider
Unsali, John Dave

to:
Ms. Aysa I. Julbasari
Chapter 1

Background of the study

English language has been commonly accepted as an active universal language in the

world. People who study English language consider it as their personal proficiency.

Therefore, nowadays many people, particularly students, ought to master English

language. Mastering English language is an important value for the students to have.

By mastering the language the students can improve themselves both in academic and

life skill. Once the students can

comprehend it, he or she can be well-accepted by the society.

The language widely used as a means of communication in the world is English. It is

an international language in the world. So, it is important for people to learn it.

Particularly in Indonesia, English is one of foreign languages. It is the most famous

foreign language which is taught from elementary school up to university school

level. By learning English, the students are expected to absorb and keep up with the

development of science, technology and art. The teaching of English is focused on the

ability of learners to be capable of mastering the four language skills, namely:

listening speaking,

reading, and writing (Depdiknas, 2003: 6). The learners should have abilities in

reading and listening to support their speaking and writing.

One of the language skills is writing skill. It is one important skill in learning English.

It has always occupied a place in most English language course. One of the reasons is

that more and more people need to learn writing in English for occupational or

academic  purposes. To write well, people must have good capability in writing.
Moreover, someone who wants to write an essay or a story must know the steps in

writing process and aspects of writing. The writer must be able to organize the ideas,

to construct the sentences, to use punctuation, and spelling well. Besides, they must

be able to arrange their writing into cohesive and coherent paragraphs and texts.

English is a language taught in our country and our government has taken several

efforts, one of them is that English has been formally taught in all levels of schools

starting from elementary school up to university. It is of course as the consequence of

the global era development where English is deeply needed as a means of

communication. The government expects that by teaching English, Indonesian people

are able to acquire science and technology in order to develop our country.

Furthermore, nowadays, the government applies the Genre-based Approach to

develop the nation’s education quality.

Teaching writing in secondary school needs appropriate technique in order that the

students are active and creative in writing skill. The techniques for the teaching

writing are copying, dictation, sentence completion, and

written pattern drills.

Statement of the Problem

This research study aims to address to answer the following problems:

A. What is the demographic profile of the learners using english language in class

discussions of STEM students in Southern City Colleges in terms of

-Gender

-Age

-Status
B. Is there a significant connection on using english language to the reading

comprehension in the Respondents?

Statement of the Hypothesis

There is a significant connection, a positive and negative of using english language on

the academic performance of student.

Conceptual Framework

This study will be discussing the interplay of the variables which will be used in the

study.

Independent variable Dependent Variable

Grade 12 Stem Impacts of using

Gender
Age
Status

Moderator Variable
Theoretical Framework

This study is anchored on the Discourse Theory cited in Jha (2012) which believed

that language acquisition will successfully take place when language learners know

how and when to use language in various settings and when they have successfully

cognized various forms of competence. The theory further emphasizes that language

development should be viewed within the framework of how the learners discovers

the meaning capacity of language by taking part in communication. They made a

reference on Hyme’s description of communicative competence which includes

knowledge of the grammar and vocabulary, knowledge of rules of speaking, and

knowledge on how to use and respond to different types of speech acts and social

conventions and knowledge of how to use language appropriately.

Scope and Delimitations study

This study entitled, " The impact of using english language in class discussions

among STEM students in southern city colleges" this is a quantitative research study

that will focuses on understanding of the impact of using english language in class

discussions in STEM students. The study will limited only in STEM strand students in

Southern City Colleges, Central Campus. The chosen respondents are the Grade 11-

12 STEM students in Southern City Colleges. The total population of Grade 11-12

STEM A and B are One Hundred Seventy-One (171) The chosen students compose of

seventeen (17) boys and twenty-nine (29) girls of those 11 STEM - A and seventeen

(17) boys and thirty-three (33) girls of 11 STEM - B and nine (9) boys and thirty-four

(34) girls of those 12 STEM – A and fifteen (15) boys and seventeen (17) girls of 12

STEM – B in Southern City Colleges.

Student - The findings of this study will assist them in improving the new learning

process and will provide them with strategies and specifics on the good and negative

consequences of new normal education.

Parents - This study will also inspire the parents to give more support to their

children during this pandemic.

Teachers - This study will be very beneficial to the faculty member. They can help

And give an idea to our future researchers.

SCC Administrator - Instead of simply seeing the end result, they are invited to

participate in the process of change in order to make decisions. and allows teachers to

trust the changes, even if they are not on decision-making teams.

Future Researchers - The findings serve as guide to future researchers who would

conduct further study related to the present study.

Operational Definition of Terms

Teacher Education - They are ensured to obtain the knowledge and skills necessary

in their proficiency in the English language as these students are given ample

instruction leading to the quality education they hope to acquire from the university.

English Language Instructors - The result of the study helps to create new ways of

structuring their education and training activities in order to better accommodate the

available educational program in order to satisfy educational objectives and student’s

needs in the proficiency in the English language.

Education - Is the process of educating someone.

Educator - A teacher, Principal, or a Person who teach.

Review of Related Literature and Studies

Related Literature

Early in the twentieth century, language teaching focused primarily on grammar and

translation of written text. Later on, it focuses to communicative competence, the

ability to speak a language proficiently. The shift to focus to communicative

competence in more recent years fostered the idea of sociolinguistic competence, that

is, ability to speak a language appropriately in various social contexts. Sociolinguistic

perspectives include the following elements: linguistic rules, production, cultural

norms and social practices. Indicators of the study. Fond and Pan (2012).

Fond et al (2012) defined linguistic rules as referred to language-specific rules, such

as grammar, the word order, or internal sentence structure of a language or code.

These issues are identified at the word or clause level. Inevitability, correct usage of

words and richness of terminologies are assessed in an utterance as part of meaning

making. The inability to cast the correct word may lead to misunderstanding and

considered a complete hindrance in conveying the message, thus, affect

comprehension and meaning making.

This was supported by Liu and Jackson (2008) when they claimed that lack of

vocabulary was regarded as a main obstacle for spoken communication by Chinese

English learners. According to Lim et al (2008), their respondents revealed that there

was a gap between vocabulary range in writing and speaking. When they write, they

have enough time to figure out the most appropriate words and phrases. But when it
comes to speaking, some words and phrases may never come to mind, so expressions

may not deliver intended meaning precisely.

Additionally, in some social situations that involve use of highly colloquial language,

they face a shortage of vocabulary and they cannot express accurately what they want

to say. Almost all students agreed with the view that this vocabulary problem was the

major reason why they sometimes could not express themselves clearly and

appropriately. They also believed that this contributed directly to a lack of fluency in

their speech. During the interviews, they all emphasized a need to further expand their

vocabulary.

Like vocabulary, almost all the participants mentioned grammar as a stumbling block

to their spoken English. Although they already have the concept of subject-verb

agreement in their head, sometimes some simple grammar points like a verb’s third

person singular form maybe overlooked when spoken fast and fail to observe this rule

and end up using ‘do’ when the subject is ‘he’. Similarly, respondent in this study

were particularly bothered by the past tense that led to a variety of inflectional forms

of verbs. When they speak, they tend to switch unconsciously from past tense, some

students reported that to ensure grammatical accuracy they would think about the

particular grammar item being involved before producing the utterance.

Furthermore, in terms of speaking, students do not think too much about what they are

going to say. Actually, they have no time to think and they have to improvise or

switch from the second language to the first language which eventually leads to a big

problem with grammar. This apparently echoes Krashen’s cited in Watson (2013)
argument that when second language speakers rely on “feel” for correctness without

prior planning, they will make grammatical errors.

Al-Musawi (2014) in her study entitled “Strategic Use of Translation in Learning

English as a Foreign Language (EFL) among Bahrain University Students” said that a

possible explanation observed discrepancy of thoughts and ideas between

undergraduate students is the continuously widening gap between the needs of the

students to demonstrate to others the mastery of English on the one hand, and the

underdeveloped “linguistic infrastructure” that can assist them in performing these

tasks , i.e., without frequently resorting to their native language as the basic tool of

communication.

Related Studies

English is the language of knowledge, information and research. Almost all latest

knowledge and modern researcher are available in English language. It is also

reasonable source to communicate with internationally recognized scholars and

researcher so it is need of the hour to aware of our new generation with English.

Getting into the essence of communication and understanding how specialized know

ledged is represented in different disciplines and context would help comprehending

the nature of academic and professional discourse. This entails familiarization of these

strategies needed for organizing utterances with the social contexts in which language

manifestation take place with the discourse community that shapes and defines terms

with how previous experiences and knowledge filter and affect linguistic

communication.

Bagsican cited in Credo (2013) in her study entitles “Kabihasaan sa

more than half of females respondents exhibit a proficient use of the language in

communication. Credo (2013) added that in speaking, student’s respondents exhibited

excellent performance in terms of organization. Further, it was revealed that these

students were satisfactory in terms of language use. With the result in language use,

Credo emphasized that teachers teaching Communication Arts should provide various

exercises language at conduct remedial classes to alleviate the language performance

of the students. She recommended that teachers should utilized various strategies in

teaching to become effective during instruction and to help enhance student’s

proficiency not only in the language use but in communication as a whole.

This has bearing the present study since the study both tested proficiency of student’s

speaking. Communicating other people using the language is the most amazing and

the most effective tool of expression. Language has a great role in the person’s

existence. Hence, the ability to put the language into practice is a symbol of life and is

vital to the success of any endeavor. As such, a speaker of the language should

possess ample schemata in grammar and vocabulary for use in meeting new situations

and solving unexpected problems.

However, Liu and Jackson cited in Gan (2012) in his study entitled: Understanding

1.2 Speaking Problems: Implications for ESL Curriculum Development in a teacher

Training Institution in Hongkong” observed that lack of vocabulary was regarded as a

main hindrance for spoken communication by English learners. Inadequate

vocabulary was also reported as a prevalent concern among the students although they

are exposed to range of words and phrases at this stage. But when it comes to
speaking, these words and phrases never come to their mind, so the expression they

deliver intended meaning precisely. This also contributed directly to a lack of fluency

in their speech.

He added, grammar is also an obstacle to their spoken English. Sometimes, that have

problem in simple sentences like verb’s three persons singular form, although they

have the concept of subject-verb agreement in their head. But when they speak fast,

they fail to apply this rule. Some students had problems in using past tense to present

tense. It was also observed that students would think about the particular grammar

item being involved before producing the utterance. But this strategy did not always

work, as in terms of speaking, the speaker would not think too much about what

he/she is going to say because he/she has no time think, and consequently, improvise.

Riyaz (2016) in their study entitled “Learning English Speaking Skill: A Study of

Higher Secondary Students in Srinaga, India” further revealed that students tend to

translate a word directly from mother tongue to English because learners find it easier

or more natural to express themselves in their native language, he also observed that

most of the student speak carefully in order to focus on pronouncing certain words

especially those less common words. When they speak fast, there are inaccurate in

some sounds, few students have problems with some particular vowels or consonants,

although these errors would \not lead to unintelligibility. He reported that the reason

for these findings is large classes that teachers have to cope with. Because the classes

are large in terms of student’s strength, the teacher cannot give individual attention to

all students. Another is the lack of audio visual aids. It was observed only few schools

were equipped with it, and the use of audio visual material was almost negligible. It
was also observed that teachers were more focused on the completion of syllabus

rather than involving in activities.

CHAPTER III

Research Design

The research design of this study is quantitative approach. The quantitative research

means the predictions through measured amounts, and ultimately describes an event

by using numerical figures. Researchers will systematically describe the situation

given with the required data from the respondents factually and accurately. Through

the survey method, quantitative data were collected from a representative sample.

Research Locale

The research study will be conducted at the STEM Strand in Southern City Colleges,

Central Campus of Senior High School Department, located at ZONE IV Pilar Street,

Zamboanga City, Academic Year 2023-2024. Founded by the President Mr. Manuel

Calolio.

Respondent

The participants in this study are mostly from Southern City Colleges STEM strand in

Southern City Colleges of Senior High School Department.

Sampling Technique

The researchers used purposive sampling technique as a technique because this study

aims to determine the impact of using english language to the Grade 12 STEM

students of Senior High School in Southern City Colleges

The total respondents of this study are (  ) students from Grade11 and 12 STEM

students of (  ) Boys and (  ) Girls from section A and B of Grade 11 and for Grade 12

students of ( ) Boys and ( ) Girls from section A and B of Senior High School

Department in Southern City Colleges - Central Campus

Statistical

Data gathering procedure

Data gathering
Formulating the procedure
research title

Formulating the Conducting a

Formulating the Validity and