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Chapter II

This chapter reviews the literature related to psychological factors that hinder students' use of English during classroom discussions. It discusses fear of mistakes, shyness, and anxiety as the three main factors, describing the causes of each and possible solutions to overcome them. The chapter aims to provide context for the study by reviewing what is already known about how psychological barriers can impact students' English language use.
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Chapter II

This chapter reviews the literature related to psychological factors that hinder students' use of English during classroom discussions. It discusses fear of mistakes, shyness, and anxiety as the three main factors, describing the causes of each and possible solutions to overcome them. The chapter aims to provide context for the study by reviewing what is already known about how psychological barriers can impact students' English language use.
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CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

This chapter presents the conceptual, research

literatures, and previous studies that are related to the

study.

Conceptual Literature

How psychological factors hinder the students in using

English language during recitations

It is very much observable that even nowadays, there

are still some students that are avoiding using English

language during class recitations. Well, believe it or

not, each student’s have their own problems that they

will be needed to get through.

1. Fear of mistake

As argued by many theorists, fear of mistake becomes

one of the main factors of students’ reluctance to

speak English in the classroom (Tsui in Nunan, 1999;

Yi Htwe, 2007; Robby, 2010). With respect to the

fear of making mistake issue, Aftat, (2008) adds

that this fear is linked to the issue of correction

and negative evaluation. In addition, this is also

much influenced by the students’ fear of being

laughed at by other student or being criticized by


the teacher. As a result, students commonly stop

participating in the

speaking activity (Hieu, 2011). Therefore, it is

important for teachers to convince their students

that making mistakes is not a wrong or bad thing

because students can learn from their mistakes.

a. Cause of fear of mistake

The primary reason of fear of mistake is that

students are afraid of looking foolish in front of

other people and they are concerned about how other

will see them (Kurtus, 2001). In addition, Hieu (2011)

and Zang (2006) cited in He and Chen (2010) explain

that students feel afraid of the idea of making

mistakes as they are worried that their friends will

laugh at them and receive negative evaluations from

their peers if they make mistake in speaking English.

Students’ fear of making mistakes in speaking English

has been a common issue especially in an EFL context

like in Indonesia. As argued by Middleton (2009), most

EFL students are afraid to try and to speak in a

foreign language they learn. In this context, as he

adds, students do not want to look foolish in front of

the class. In some other cases, they also worry about

how they will sound, and are scared of sounding silly

and so on.
b. Possible Solutions to Overcome Fear of Mistake

In terms of possible solution to overcome students’

fear of mistakes, Zua (2008) gives several suggestions.

First, she suggests that emotional bonds between

students and teachers should be build. This way, the

students are expected to feel comfort with their

teacher and believe that the teacher will help them if

they make mistake. Second, Zua further states that the

teacher should improve the students' concentration when

learning English. This can be done, as she suggests, by

creating a supporting learning atmosphere. Finally, the

last suggestion is that the teacher creates a

harmonious atmosphere that can reduce students’

nervousness. In this context, how to deal with errors

in conversational English of students is worth

discussing and emphasizes that mistakes in

communication are keys to carry out a communication.

2. Shyness

Shyness is an emotional thing that many students

suffer from at some time when they are required to

speak in English class. This indicates that shyness

could be a source of problem in students’ learning


activities in the classroom especially in the class of

speaking. Therefore, paying attention on this aspect is

also quite important in order to help the students do

their best in their speaking performance in the

classroom (Gebhard, 2000). In line with this, Baldwin

(2011) further explains that speaking in front of

people is one of the more common phobias that students

encounter and feeling of shyness makes their mind go

blank or that they will forget what to say. This theory

is also supported by the result of this research in

which most students fail to perform the speaking

performance at their best. As they say, their inability

to show their ability in speaking is also influenced

much by their feeling of shyness. In other words, it

can be said that shyness plays an important role in

speaking performance done by the students.

a. Causes of Shyness

With regard to the cause of shyness, Bowen (2005)

and Robby (2010) argue that some shy learners are

caused by their nature that they are very quiet. In

this case, the students are not very confident and tend

to be shy because most of them find it very

intimidating when speaking English in front of their

friends and teacher. In addition, Saurik (2011)

indentifies that most of English students feel shy when


they speak the language because they think they will

make mistakes when they talk. They are also afraid of

being laughed at by their peers. This fact is also

found in the data of this study that students’ shyness

is their perception on their own ability. In this

sense, they are afraid of being laughed at by their

friends due to their low ability in speaking English.

b. Possible Solutions to Overcome Shyness

In terms of possible solution to overcome

shyness, Pesce (2011) says that it is urgent that

teacher creates a friendly and open classroom

environment. By doing this, shy students are hoped

to feel fine of making mistakes in their learning.

This way, students will not worry of their imperfect

pronunciation and grammar. As a result, they dare to

speak in their speaking class. Solving the shyness

problem, Chinmoy (2007) suggests that in order to

help students to be more confident in their speaking

that convince students to look upon shyness as a

thing to overcome and do not fear failure or

success. The above solutions to reduce shyness are

worth doing. As said by students involved in this

study, their feeling of shyness needs to be solved.

In this case, they need guidance from their

teachers.
3. Anxiety

Anxiety is a feeling of tension, apprehension and

nervousness associated with the situation of learning a

foreign language (Horwitz et all cited in Nascente,

2001). Further Nascente writes that, among other

affective variables, anxiety stands out as one of the

main blocking factors for effective language learning.

In other words, anxiety influences students in learning

language. Therefore, paying attention to this factor of

learning should also be taken into consideration. The

fact that anxiety plays an important role in students’

learning is also shared by other researchers like

Horwitz (1991) as cited in Sylvia and Tiono (2004). He

believes that anxiety about speaking a certain language

can affect students’ performance. It can influence the

quality of oral language production and make

individuals appear less fluent than they really are.

This explanation suggests that teachers should make an

attempt to create a learning atmosphere which gives

students more comfortable situations in their learning

activity.

a. Causes of Anxiety

Regarding the causes of anxiety, Horwitz and Cope

(1986, in Zhao Na, 2007) based on the findings of their

study, found out three main causes of students’ anxiety


i.e communication apprehension, test anxiety and fear

of negative evaluation. The communication apprehension

refers to the students’ ability to communicate in the

target language. Their low ability in this aspect, in

many cases, causes anxious feeling among many students.

The second cause which is test anxiety deals with

students’ fear of being tested. The last cause has to

do with other students’ evaluation. In this case, as

mentioned above, very often that other students’

evaluation causes anxiety among students themselves. In

addition, fear of being evaluated by their teachers is

also another factor affecting students’ anxiety (Liu,

2007; Zhou, et all 2004). All these show that

understanding students better and being skillful in

managing classroom should be part of the teachers’

concern. As suggested by Harmer (2007), to reduce this

anxiety feeling, teachers need to pay attention to each

students’ strengths and weaknesses so that they can

create a learning method which accommodates all

students in the classroom.

b. Possible Solutions to Overcome Anxiety

In order to overcome anxiety, Koichi Sato (2003)

on his research about improving students’ speaking

skills suggests that teachers should be more careful

about anxiety which can be intense in students and find


techniques that allow students to participate more in

oral activities. In addition, providing students with

positive reinforcement (Keramida, 2009), motivating

students (Christophel, 1990; Frymier, 1993 cited in

Keramida, 2009) and creating an ease environment in

class are important to be noticed by the teacher since

it can lower students’ anxiety, increase their

confidence, and encourage their willingness to

communicate (Chan, 2002 cited in Noon-ura, 2008).

Dealing with anxiety in students’ learning, Tsui (in

Nunan, 1999) explains that to deal with the reluctant

students, teachers should accept a variety of answers.

This way, the students can feel more confident in

answering the teacher questions and participating in

every activities of the class.

4. Lack of Confidence

It is commonly understood that students’ lack of

confidence usually occurs when students realize that

their conversation partners have not understood them or

when they do not understand other speakers. In this

situation, they would rather keep silent while others

do talk showing that the students are lack of

confidence to communicate. In response to this, Tsui

cited Nunan (1999) says that student who lack of

confidence about themselves and their English


necessarily suffer from communication apprehension.

This shows that building students’ confidence is an

important part of teacher’s focus of attention. This

means that the teacher should also learn from both

theories and practical experience on how to build the

students’ confidence.

a. Causes of Lack of Confidence

He and Chen (2010) state the main cause of

students’ confidence is their low ability in speaking

English. In this case, as they add, many students think

that their English is bad and feel that they cannot

speak English well. The other cause of students’ lack

of confidence also deals with the lack of encouragement

from the teacher (Brown, 2001). In this context, many

teachers do not think that convincing students that

they are able to speak English is important. As a

result, as Brown adds, students find the learning

demotivating rather than motivating. This suggests that

encouragement becomes a vital thing in order to build

the students’ confidence. Therefore, giving students

encouragement and showing that they will be able to

communicate well in English plays a role in students’

success of learning.

b. Possible Solutions to Overcome Lack of Confidence


With regard to possible solution to overcome the

students’ lack of confidence, Ye Htwe (2007) shares the

strategy to build students’ confidence. He says that

maximizing students’ exposure to English is a good way

to build the students’ confidence. In line with this,

Kubo (2009) adds that to build students’ confidence to

speak English, teachers can provide regular

opportunities to practice proper pronunciation and

intonation, and to converse freely. By doing this,

students will experience a greater sense of ability to

speak English. Therefore, teacher should create a

comfortable atmosphere in which learners are encouraged

to talk in English and are praised for talking.

5. Lack of Motivation

It is mentioned in the literature that motivation

is a key to students’ learning success (Songsiri,

2007). With regard to the issue of motivation in

learning, Nunan (1999) stresses that motivation is

important to notice in that it can affect students’

reluctance to speak in English. In this sense,

motivation is a key consideration in determining the

preparedness of learners to communicate. Zua (2008)

further adds that motivation is an inner energy. She

says that no matter what kinds of motivation the

learners possess it will enhance their study interest.


It has been proven in many studies that students with a

strong motivation to succeed can persist in learning

and gain better scores than those who have weaker

motivation of success showing that building students’

motivation to learn is urgent for every teacher.

a. Causes of Lack of Motivation

With respect to the causes of lack of motivation,

Gardner in Nunan (1999) elaborates the causes of the

students’ lack of motivation e.g. uninspired teaching,

boredom, lack of perceived relevance of materials and

lack of knowledge about the goals of the instructional

program. These four, as he further says, very often

become source of students’ motivation. Uninspired

teaching, for example, affects students’ motivation to

learn. In this context, a monotonous teaching, in many

cases, reduces the students’ motivation due to their

feeling of boredom. This shows that paying attention to

those four factors is vital. In response to the issue

of motivation, Babu (2010) argues that lack of

motivation in learning causes students’ hesitation to

speak English in the classroom. He says that the

background of this situation is that students are not


motivated by the teachers towards the communication in

English. In line with what Babu says, Siegel (2004, in

Aftat, 2008) believes that motivation is a product of

good teaching. In his further explanation, Aftat

emphasizes that to motivate students to learn well and

actively communicate in English, teachers should have

passion, creativity and interest in their students. In

other words, students’ motivation is really influenced

by the teachers’ teaching performance. Therefore, it is

important that teachers also show enthusiasm in their

teaching performance.

b. Possible Solutions to Overcome Lack of Motivation

Aftat (2008) suggets that to encourage students’

motivation, teachers should provide constant

encouragement and support as well ask questions that

reveal the basis of a students’ problems. Doing this

becomes very important because encouragement also gives

students a feeling of secure and welcome in their

learning. Other suggestions to increase students’

motivation are shared by Liu and Huang (2010). They say

that to overcome students’ lack of motivation, teachers

can do activities like promoting students’ awareness of

the importance of English, enhancing students’ interest

in English, and developing their self-confidence.

Research Literature
We need linguistic competence, and adequate

vocabulary and mastery of syntax to speak in another

language (Nunan, 1999). However, linguistic competence

is not sufficient for someone who wants to communicate

competently in another language. According to Nunan

(1999), the speaker needs communicative competence

which includes not only linguistic competence but also

a range of other sociolinguistic and conversational

skills which help him/her know how to say what to whom

and then. Jonhson (1995) claims that the second

language students need communicative competence to

participate in and learn from their classroom

experience.

Factors affecting speaking performance of the students

In order to help the student to overcome problems

in learning speaking, it is necessary for the teachers

to figure out the factors that affects their speaking

performance. Student’s speaking performance can be

affected by the factors that come from performance

conditions (time pressure, planning, standard of

performance and amount of support), affective factors

(such as motivation, confidence and anxiety), listening

ability and feedback during speaking activities.

Performance conditions. Student’s performs a

speaking task under a variety of conditions. Nation and


Newton (2009) suggest include time pressure, planning,

the standard of performance and the amount of support.

Affective factors. One of the most important

influences on Language learning success or failure is

probably the affective side of the learner (Oxford,

1990). Krashen (1982) estates that a variety of

affective variables has been confirmed to be related to

success and second language acquisition in research

over the last decade but most of those studies examined

the three categories: motivation, self-confidence and

anxiety.

Listening ability. Speaking skills cannot be developed

unless we develop listening skills (Doff, 1998).

Student’s must understand what is said to them to have

a successful conversation. Shumin (1997) shares the

ideas od Doff (1998) by stating that when the person

speaks, the other response through attending by means

of the listening process. In fact, every speaker plays

the role of both a listener and a speaker. Therefore,

one is certainly unable to respond if he/she are cannot

understand what said. It means speaking is closely

related to listening.

Feedback during speaking activities. Most student’s

want and expect their teachers to give them feedback on

their performance. However, all speaking production


should not be dealt with in the same way. Harmer (1991)

asserts that the decisions that the teachers make about

how to react to student’s performance will depend upon

the stages of the lesson, the activities, the types of

mistake made and the particular student’s who is making

the mistake. If the teachers correct whenever there is

a problem, the conversational flow as will as the

purpose of the speaking activity will be destroyed

(Harmer, 1991). If the students are corrected all the

time, they can find this very demotivating and become

afraid to speak. They suggest that the teachers should

always correct the students mistakes positively and

with encouragement (Barker & Westrup, 2003).

Communication skills as a weapon in bringing out the

competitiveness of a person

Communication skill is a tool in achieving

competitive advantage in a global environment.

Therefore, it is considered as a weapon in bringing out

the competitiveness of a person. Some studies have

focused on the importance of effective communication as

a means to achieve and retain competitive advantage

(Tucker et al 1996). In today's global environment,

communication skill has a significant impact on the

success of an individual.
Importance of communication skills in the field of

education

Language learners sometimes evaluate their success

in language learning based on how well they have

improved in their spoken language ability. Teachers and

textbooks use either direct approaches that concentrate

on particular aspects of oral interaction such as turn-

taking and topic management or indirect approaches

which make situations for oral interaction by group

work, task work, and other strategies (Richards 1990).

Speaking is very important in second language learning.

Despite its importance, speaking has been overlooked in

schools and universities due to different reasons like

emphasis on grammar and unfavorable teacher-student

proportions. Speaking has been absent from testing

because of the problem in assessing it objectively and

the time it takes to carry out speaking tests

(Clifford, 1987). The main aim of English language

teaching is to give learners the ability to use English

language effectively and correctly in communication

(Davies & Pearse, 2000). However, it seems that

language learners are not able to communicate fluently

and accurately because they do not have enough

knowledge in this field. When we talk about speaking,

we do not mean just saying the words through mouth. It


means conveying the message through the words of mouth.

This skili is often ignored in some teachers' classes.

Learners do not have enough opportunity either in their

classes or outside to speak English. Unfortunately,

speaking is not an important part of teachers' exams.

Learners need a lot of practice to learn to speak.

Learners can improve their speaking skill through

listening and repeating. Teachers can give their

learners some structures and ask them to repeat. This

can remove their learners' shyness. Teachers can use

short questions and short dialogues in the classrooms

to develop their students' speaking skill (Bashir,

Azeem, & Dogar, 2011). of the most difficult skills

language learners face in language learning is speaking

skill. It is believed that speaking is the most

important of the four language skills. Many learners

state that they have spent so many years studying

English language but cannot speak it appropriately and

understandably (Bueno, Madrid, & Mclaren, 2006).

English speaking is not an easy task because speakers

should know many significant components like

pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency, and

comprehension. Learners should have enough English-

speaking ability in order to communicate easily and

effectively with other people. Rivers (1981) studied

the use of language outside the classroom situation and


understood that speaking is used twice as much as

reading and writing combined. According to Brown

(1994), listening and speaking are learners' language

tools. If we want to encourage students to communicate

in English, we should use the language in real

communication and ask them to do the same process.

Richards and Rodgers (2001) stated that in the

traditional methods, the speaking skill was ignored in

the classrooms where the emphasis was on reading and

writing skills. For example, in The Grammar-Translation

method, reading and writing were the important skills

and speaking and listening skills were not of great

significance. According to Ur (2000), of all the four

language skills called listening, speaking, reading,

and writing, speaking is the most important one that is

very necessary for the effective communication. The

significance of speaking is indicated with the

integration of the other language skills. Speaking

helps learners develop their vocabulary and grammar

skills and then better their writing skill. Students

can express their emotions, ideas; say stories;

request; talk, discuss, and show the various functions

of language. Speaking is of vital importance outside

the classroom. Therefore, language speakers have more

opportunities to find jobs in different organizations

and companies. These statements have been supported by


Baker and Westrup (2003) who said that learners who

speak English very well can have greater chance for

better education, finding good jobs, and getting

promotion.

Previous Studies

In this part of the study, some previous studies

relating to this study will be reviewed. These studies

were carried out to identify the factors affecting

students' speaking performance and students' speaking

problems.

Park & Lee (2005) examine the relationships

between second language learners' anxiety, self-

confidence and speaking performance. The participants

of their study were one hundred and thirty-two Korean

college students who enrolled the English conversation

classes. The results of their study indicated that

learners' anxiety level was negatively related to their

oral performance. Tanveer (2007) investigates the

factors that cause language anxiety for twenty language

learners in learning speaking skills and the influence

of anxiety on communication in the target language and

his result is similar to what Park & Lee (2005) figure

out. The findings suggested that students' feeling of

stress, anxiety or nervousness may impede their

language learning and performance abilities. He cites


that "the higher the anxiety, the lower the

performance".

MacIntyre, Clément, Dörnyei, & Noels (1998)

studied the effects of self-confidence on oral

performance. The results of their study showed that the

learners' willingness to communicate was determined

partly by their self-confidence. Park & Lee (2005) also

examined the relationships between 12 learners'

anxiety, self-confidence and oral performance. They

reached a conclusion that self-confidence affected

significantly on L2 learners' oral performance. They

stated that if the learners were more confident, they

would have better oral performance.

Feyten (1991) conducted a study to examine whether

there is a relationship between listening ability and

foreign language proficiency, between listening ability

and foreign language listening comprehension skills,

and between listening ability and foreign language oral

proficiency skills. The results show that there is a

significant relationship between listening ability and

foreign language proficiency; between listening ability

and foreign language listening comprehension skills;

and between listening ability and foreign language oral

proficiency skills. Bozorgian (2012) carried out a

study to examine the relationship of listening skill


with other language skills. The results of his study

indicate a close correlation between listening

comprehension and language proficiency. He states that

the higher the listening score, the better the speaking

score. Lukitasari (2008) conducted a study focusing on

the students' strategies in overcoming speaking

problems in speaking class. The population of her study

was the first semester students of Muhammadiyah

University of Malang in Indonesia. The results of her

study suggest that in speaking class, the students

faced some speaking problems including inhibition,

nothing to say, low or uneven participation and mother

tongue use. The findings of the study also reveal that

the students' speaking performance was not good because

they did not master the three elements of speaking

namely vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation.

Previous Studies on the Factors Affecting Speaking

Skill

In this section, some studies pertinent to the

factors influencing speaking skill are reviewed. Park

and Lee (2005) investigated the connection between

second language learners' anxiety, self-confidence, and

speaking performance. One hundred and thirty-two Korean

learners participated in this research. The results

obtained from this research showed that student’s


anxiety level had a negative relationship to their oral

performance.

Boonkit (2010) carried out a study on the factors

increasing the development of learners' speaking skill.

The results represented that the use of appropriate

activities for speaking skill can be a good strategy to

decrease speakers' anxiety. The results also revealed

that the freedom of topic choice urged the participants

to feel comfortable, persuaded to speak English, and

increased the speaking confidence among EFL learners.

Ali Dincer and Savas Yesilyurt (2013) carried out

a study towards teachers’ beliefs on speaking skills

based on motivational orientations. The results of

their study indicated that the teachers had negative

opinions about speaking instruction though they

believed that it was of great significance in speaking

skill. The results also revealed that the teachers felt

unskilled in oral communication though they had various

motivational orientations towards speaking English. The

researchers indicated that that learners have different

opinions about the significance of speaking skill in

English language and this difference is related with

the learners' motivational orientations and their

competent/incompetent feelings in speaking skill. The

results demonstrated that learners' self-assessment


about their speaking skill was negative and they

expressed themselves as incapable speakers of English.

Just some of them expressed that they had a good

position in taking part in speaking tasks.

Tanveer (2007) examined the factors caused anxiety

for learners in learning speaking ability and the

impact of anxiety on target language communication. The

obtained results indicated that learners' feeling of

stress and anxiety stop their language learning and

performance abilities. The researcher emphasized that

the high anxiety lowers the learners' speaking

performance.

Eissa, Misbah, and Najat (1988) performed a study

towards the difficulties of using English as a means of

instruction and communication. The results of this

study displayed that learners had many difficulties in

using English language as a means of instruction. A lot

of participants stated that their learners have low

English proficiency. The results also indicated that a

lot of learners faced serious difficulties in

understanding the lectures' content without translating

or applying Ll to deliver the content of the lectures.

Urrutia and Vega (2010) demonstrated that

learners' oral performance was influenced by their lack

of vocabulary, diffidence, and fear of being despised.


It was also indicated that learners' cooperation, self-

confidence, vocabulary knowledge, and the class

environment encouraged them to improve their speaking

skills. Prieto (2007) performed a study about the

cooperative learning tasks. The findings of her study

showed that one way to improve speaking skill is to

interact with others, learn from others, and the choice

of the topics based on the learners' interests in order

to encourage them.

Bozorgian (2012) investigated the relationship

between listening skill and the other language skills.

The results revealed that there is a close correlation

between listening comprehension and language

proficiency. That is, the higher the listening score,

the better the speaking score. Lukitasari (2003)

carried out a study towards learners' strategies in

overcoming their speaking problems. The results

obtained from this study show that learners face a lot

of speaking difficulties such as inhibition, nothing to

say, low participation, and mother tongue use in their

speaking classes.
CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
Locale of the Study

This study will be conducted in Don Juan F. Avalon

National High School that is located at Brgy. Zone 1, San

Roque, Northern Samar. This school was constructed in

1984 and that was first called as Don Juan F. Avalon

National High School then later known as its name by now.

The said school offers services from Grade 7 to

Grade 12. Its Senior High School Department offers four

different strands. These are ABM (Accountancy, Business


and Management), GA (General Academic), TVL (Technical

Vocational Livelihood), and HUMSS (Humanities and Social

Sciences.

The Research Design

This study is employing the survey research method.

Survey questionnaires will be used to gather information

from a small number of individuals specifically Grade 12

students in Don Juan F. Avalon National High School to

describe their level of proficiency in communication

skills and on how important the English language is for

them as students.

The Variables of the Study

The variables of this study including their measures are

the following:

Independent Variables

Age. The age of the respondents will be categorized

as follows:

15 to 19 years old - YOUNG

20 to 25 years old - MIDDLE-AGED

26 TO 30 years old -YOUNG-ADULT


Sex. This will be categorized as male or female.

Strand/Track. This will be categorized as of what

specific strand do the respondents belong. These might be

the following:

- Accountancy, Business and Management

- General Academic

- Humanities and Social Sciences

Academic Performance. This will be categorized

according to the grades of the respondents in their

language subject which is Oral Communication. These might

be the following:

- 90 to 100 OUTSTANDING

- 85 to 89 VERY SATISFACTORY

- 75 to 84 FAIR SATISFACTORY

- 70 to 74 POOR

Dependent Variables

Age Preference. Age preference will be categorized

as follows:

- Young

- Middle-aged

- Young-adult
- No age preference

Sex Preference. Sex preference will be categorized

as follows:

- Female

- Male

- No sex preference

Strand/Track Preference. Strand or track preference

will be categorized as follows:

- ABM

- GA

- HUMSS

- No strand/track preference

Academic Performance Fraturence, Academic perform

preference will be categorized as follows:

- Outstanding

-Very satisfactory

- Fair Satisfactory

- Poor

- No academic performance preference


Population and Sampling

The researchers have decided to use the simple

random sampling technique in selecting the 50 respondents

out of more or less hundreds of Grade 11 students in

Francisca Dominice National High School.

Respondents of the Study

The respondents of this study are the 50 Grade 12

students of Don Juan F. Avalon National High School that

will be randomly selected and that will simply

participate in the said study.

The Research Instrument

This study will be using the structured survey

questionnaire wherein the said questionnaire will embody

the questions that are related to the objectives of this

study to be answered honestly by the respondents.

The first part of the questionnaire will contain the

demographic profile of the respondents. Then the second

part of this will be the questions for them to filled up.

This type of research instrument will be used by the

researchers to gather the precise information that they

will be needing in order to complete this study.

Scoring and Interpretation of Data


Validation of Instruments

Data Gathering Procedure

The procedure that the researchers will be using to

gather data or information is through distributing survey

questionnaire. The respondents will be randomly selected

for the fair outcome of results. But before distributing

the questionnaire, the researchers will ask first for the

permissions of the respondents just to make sure that

they are totally interested to get involve in the said

research study.

Statistical Treatment of Data

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