THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATTITUDES AND SKILLS
IN FILIPINO SUBJECT OF NON-TAGALOG
Dr. Vivinia B. Daug
A. Main Objective:
To find if there is a
relationship between the attitudes and skills in the Filipino subject of Non-Tagalog students
in the tertiary level.
B. Specific Objectives:
1. To know the attitudes of the students in the use of Filipino language.
2. To find out if there is a significant difference in the skills in Filipino
among Butuannon, Cebuano, Kamayo, Manobo and Surigaonon students.
DESIGN OF THE STUDY
was used in this study. This was used to know the relationship between the attitudes
and skills in the Filipino subject of Non-Tagalog students.
An Inventory of Attitudes
in Filipino was adopted based on a Questionnaire used by Marilou Lim (1996) a
researcher with similar study. Based on the particular study of this researcher, some statements were deleted,
altered, added and validated by the Filipino Professor and a set of first year students who were not included
in the study. The revised inventory consisted of 17 statements that were reacted upon by the students involved
in the study by placing a check on the corresponding degree or value of their positive and negative feelings.
The following scoring was followed:
4 – strongly agree, 3 – agree, 2 – slightly disagree and 1 – disagree.
After the students gave their
corresponding answers, the data from the inventory of attitudes were compared
with the final Rating of Filipino I of the students.
SUBJECTS OF THE STUDY
One hundred three (103) Cebuano,
three (3) Butuanon, (12) Kamayo, Four (4) Surigaonon First Year Students of Philippine
Normal University , Agusan Campus, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, School Year 2002-2003
were involved in the study.
The Inventory of Attitudes
was answered by the students. Each answer was recorded and classified according
to each group. The mean was determined to find out the attitudes of students in the use of Filipino language.
The general mean of Attitudes
was correlated with the General Mean of the students Final Rating in Filipino
I by using the statistical test –Kendall’s tau-b to know the relationship of the two variables.
The analysis of variance
(ANOVA) was also used to know if there’s a difference in attitudes and skills in Filipino
among the Butuanon, Cebuano, Kamayo, Manobo and Surigaonon students
RESULT OF THE STUDY
Based on the analysis of the data, the following results were given:
1. There was a relationship between the language spoken by the students
at home in their attitudes on the use of Filipino language. The result shows
that even if the students use a language different from Filipino at home, such
language did not affect their attitudes in Filipino language.
2. There was no relationship between the student’s attitudes and
their skills in Filipino subject. The result justified that the students’
attitudes in Filipino language did not affect their skills in Filipino Subject.
3. There was no difference in the skills in Filipino among Butuanon, Cebuano,
Kamayo, Manobo and Surigaonon students. The result confirmed that even if the
students use their own language/dialect at home their skills in Filipino subject
were not affected.
4. There was no difference in the attitudes in Filipino among Butuanon,
Cebuano, Kamayo, Manobo, and Surigaonon students. The result showed that the
students had the same attitude towards Filipino regardless of the language used
by them at home.
Based on the results of the study, the researcher offers the following
1. Teaching can have different bases other than the Final Rating of students
to compare their attitudes in Filipino language.
2. A teaching demonstration on modern strategies and techniques on the
teaching of Filipino will be very helpful in developing good attitudes among
3. Seminars, group discussions, and workshops can also be helpful to improve
the communication skills of students in Filipino,
4. In the conduct of future similar researches, include other students
from different institutions for wide scope of comparison.
5. In the conduct of future similar researches, include the attitudes
of administrators, professors, staff and other persons who usually meet by the
students in school.
6. For further research studies, the following topics are recommended:
(a) Estratehiya sa Pagpaunlad ng Kahusayan sa Pagtuturo ng Filipino Bilang
(b) Kaugnayan ng Kahusayan sa Pagtuturo ng Guro at Kahusayan sa Pagkatuto
ng Mga Mag-aaral, and
(c) Salik na Nakaaapekto sa Kahusayan ng Pagtuturo ng Mga Guro.
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