academic performace of first year high school students in english at obando national highschool

3. Intoduction and its
background

4. Language is a
tool people use to
shape ideas and to
communicate them
to others.

5. English is an
international language. It is
at present one of the leading
languages of the world. It
has been adopted as a
second language by Asian
countries one of which is the
Philippines where it is a
medium of instruction in
many secondary schools.

6. The academic performance of
students in English is sometimes
affected by some factors. The
home is also contributing factor
to the student’s performance. It
has a great influence on the
achievement of an individual.

8. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

9. 1. What is the demographic profile of
the respondents as to
– Sex
– Age
– Number of Siblings
– Educational attainments of parents
– Employment status of parents
– Average family income

10. • 2. Do the independent variables
such as in the Problem 1
significantly relate to the level of
academic performance?

11. • 3. How does the independent
variable affect the academic
performance of first year
students in English

12. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

13. Students- will benefit in this study
because it provides them the facts
and realities on the different
factors that influence their learning
performance in English

14. Teacher - This study would
enable him to determine the
factors affecting the low
performance of his students.

15. Parents - -This study would
make them aware of their time
and attention to their children
is still needed by their children

16. Administration-
They would be aware of
the student’s problems so
that they can consider
other factors in resolving
it.

17. • THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

18. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
INPUT
According to PROCESS
- Age Gathering of data
Thorough:
- Sex OUT PUT
- Number of siblings - Questionnaire
Academic
- Employments status of Analyses and performance in
parents interpretation of English
- Education attainment of data
parents
- Socio -economic
status

19. METHOD OF STUDY
The researcher utilized descriptive
method of research in order to determine
the level of Academic Performance in
English of First Year High school
Students of Obando National High school
as correlated variables such as sex, age,
socio economic status, educational
attainment of parents, and field of
interest.

20. Respondents
The respondents of this study
were first year students at Obando
National High School at Paliwas,
Obando, Bulacan School year
2011-2012.

21. Instrument use
The main instrument used in this
study is questionnaire. To enrich the
data gathered, interview and
documentary analysis were likewise
used.

22. Documentary analysis
The documents which were
analyzed by the researchers included
student’s report card, form- 137 A,
grading sheets as well as the class
records of the respondent’s subject’s
teachers

23. Treatment of data
The data gathered from the
questionnaire were tallied, analyzed
and statistically treated by employing
the following statistical tools
P

25. TABLE I
Distribution of Respondents According to Age
Age FREQUENCY PERCENT
12 38 35.84
13 53 50
14 13 12.28
15 2 1.88
TOTAL 106 100

26. TABLE II
Distribution of Respondents According to Sex
SEX FREQUENCY PERCENT
Male 43 40.56
Female 63 59.44
TOTAL 106 100

27. TABLE III
Distribution of Respondents According to Number of
Siblings
Siblings FREQUENCY PERCENT RANK
1 4 3.77 6
2 17 16.03 4
3 30 28.30 1
4 24 22.64 2
5 18 16.98 3
6 8 7.54 5
7 2 1.88 8
8 3 1.86 7
TOTAL 106 100

28. TABLE IV
Distribution of Respondents According to
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF MOTHER
EDUCATIONAL FREQUENCY PERCENT RANK
ATTAINME
NT
Elementary 17 16.04 3
graduate
High school
graduate 45 42.46 1
College 44 41.50 2
graduate
TOTAL 106 100

29. TABLE V
Distribution of Respondents According to
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF FATHER
EDUCATIONAL FREQUENCY PERCENT RANK
ATTAINMENT
Elementary
graduate
19 17.93 3
High school
graduate
48 45.28 1
College
graduate
39 36.79 2
TOTAL
106 100

30. TABLE VI
Distribution of Respondents- Parents According to Employment
Status
Employment Status of Mother
Employment FREQUENCY PERCENT RANK
status
Professional 10 9.43 4
Vocational 19 17.92 3
Unemployed 37 34.9 2
Employed 40 37.73 1
TOTAL 106 100

31. TABLE VII
Distribution of Respondents According to
Employment Status of Father
Employment FREQUENCY PERCENT RANK
status
Professional 9 8.49 4
Vocational 30 28.30 2
Unemployed 24 22.65 3
Employed 43 40.56 1
TOTAL 106 100

32. TABLE VIII
Monthly income of the family
INCOME FREQUENCY PERCENT RANK
10,000 - above 17 16.03 3
5,000 - 4999 29 27.35 2
1,000 -
4999
46 43.39 1
NO FIXED
INCOME
11 13.23 4
TOTAL 106 100

33. TABLE IX
Distribution according to Academic Performance
GRADE FREQUENCY PERCENT RANK
Above average
86-above
40 37.75 2
50 47.16 1
Average
78-85
Below average
70-77
16 15.09 3

36. Majority of the student’s
respondents ranged from 13
years of age. Female
students predominated over
the male in number

37. In terms of academic performance in
English, most of the respondents
have average performance in English;
most of the respondents have
average performance signifying that
most student respondents have
average intellectual capacity in
learning English

38. Result
The findings of the study
shows that factors often times
influence the students. The result
also reveals that home factors, such
as the educational attainment,
occupational and socio economic
status have no significant influence
on the academic performance of
students in English.

39. Conclusion

40. Conclusion
The findings of the study
show that the selected variables
such as the sex, age number of
siblings, employment status of
parents, educational attainment of
parents and socio economic status
have no significant influence on
the academic performance in
English.

41. RECOMMENDATION

42. • Teacher should patiently
motivate the students to have
better accomplishments and to
facilitate learning well on the
use of English language in the
world around them.

43. Parents are encouraged to assists in
their children’s school needs and
learning exercises given as assignment
to them by teacher, give some time to
check on their school activities, a
monthly visit to school preferably
every grading period to see the
performance of their children

44. Most of all students They
should change their study
habits, renew their views in
life and modify their values
towards studies to achieve
high performance in English
and deficiency in learning
English will be minimized.

45. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to glorify god, almighty, for my life and strength, for the courage he
has continuously given to me, for his will and guidance. Without his divine
grace, this study would have been impossible to realize;
I would like to express my profound gratitude to the following persons who served
as my instrument and inspiration to pursue this study;
Mrs. Evangeline Cristobal, School principal of Obando National High School, who
allowed me to conduct the study.
Mrs. Caroline Ignacio, my cooperating teacher, her guidance and support in
conducting the study in Obando national high school.
Mrs. Elizabeth Victoria, Ed.D. my research adviser, for her constant guidance and
supervision, Her challenges and her valuable suggestions for the improvement
of this study.
Rev. Fr. Jeffrey A. Zuniga PhD, our College Dean for his constant support.
Mrs. Romina Agustin, for her encouragement, her grammar expertise, comments
and suggestions made the presentation of the study clearer.