English Proficiency Level of the Junior High School students of Systems Plus College Foundation
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In today's globalized world, the language used most often is English. As Latha (2012), English has displayed the lingua franca for communication, business, education, and event worldwide. English holds a spot of éclat in our country. Still, after decades of colonial control, no indigenous language has grown up to replace English, either as a communication tool or as an official language. The learning of language is in order with the training plans on the implementation of the K to 12. This idea is also accurate in teaching English in the transition year of Junior High School. In Systems Plus College Foundation, the same predicament had been felt. The student's ability to express their feelings using the English language is complicated because several factors often hinder it; hence, knowing their proficiency level will lead the researcher to study further the factors affecting it. This research was conducted in the descriptive-evaluative method since it aimed to explain students' language proficiency levels. The survey was made to ascertain the language areas where participants are not that inclined or lacking in their actual state of practice. This design generated quantitative data that was investigated statistically, and the adoption of this design was based on the purpose of the research, the nature of data, and the interpretation of data applied in the study. This method collected data by forwarding the questionnaires to the participants, tabulating, and summarizing the results of the responses. Furthermore, this study concludes that the basic areas in the language areas are in the "approaching proficiency" level while the Grade 8 level can be considered struggling, as shown in their overall range score of 4.42. This study also revealed that the area "correct usage. This study also revealed7.70 (proficient). Lastly, the study unveiled that based on DepEd guidelines in the assessment and level of proficiency under the K to 12 curriculum, the Junior High School of SPCF English language proficiency is "Developing" with an overall index performance of 42.76 or in the scale of 2. With that, it was recommended t teachers continually update their students' performance, especially in the areas labeled as developing, and urge other subject teachers to use English as their medium of instruction and serve as the role model supporting the English Program at the school.
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