IMPACT OF ENGLISH CLASS ON LANGUAGE LEARNING OF GRADE 11 STEM

STDUENTS AT RICHWELL COLLEGES INC. S.Y. 2019-2020

English For Academic and Professional Purposes

By:

Harmony I. Tanala

Romel Barredo

Aviya Nichole Gamboa

Richmon Macalinao

Lila Grace D. Palacio

John Marc Rubio

Christian Tantan

November 2019
 ABSTRACT

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of English Class on language
learning. The participants of this study were 50 chosen students from the STEM Strand at Richwell
Colleges Inc. The students were given sets of questionnaires as the instrument of this study that
consisted of 15 items. Based on the responses from questionnaire participants, the study argue that
English class has a strong impact on the language learnings. The researchers recommended that
the students should be exposed too to the English language through watching English movies and
program, surfing the internet, listening to radio, reading English books ,magazines, newspapers,
and practicing English language with native speakers to encourage them to overcome their
weaknesses and improve their fluency as well as proficiency in acquiring English language.
Moreover, parents and acquaintances should raise learners’ awareness towards the importance of
learning English language through exposure to the language daily using different techniques that
can enhance second language learning.
 CHAPTER I

PROBLEMS AND ITS BACKGROUND

INTRODUCTION

Languages is a medium of understanding, expression and communication. Also, it is an

access to other societies and culture, described as intercultural awareness and understanding.
Knowing the language makes it much more interesting to learn more. Language learning develops
the ability of a person to communicate in the second or foreign language. In fact, there are schools
that offers foreign languages like - Mandarin, Japanese, Korean and especially English language.

The English language plays the important roles in our life. It allows everyone to relate and
therefore to understand each other. Speaking English allows too to broaden their world, from job
opportunities to relate people from every country. Anywhere you want to go in the world, you can
find someone who speaks in English. English class has a big role too for the language learning. It
enhances the student’s learning and fluency in English.

English class is where people study English Language. Grammars, pronunciation and
constructing words are the main point of the class. People may wonder why English matters,
particularly if they plan to study or work in a field in which they think English is irrelevant.
Possibly the most important reason to take an English class because it is applicable in all fields
and careers. Wherever speaking, writing or critical thinking is required, English class is
useful. Because in the real world after graduation, business and companies used English language
in their job interview.

The researchers conducted this research to investigate the impact of English Class on
language learning. Especially to those STEM Students of Richwell Colleges Inc. Using the
questionnaire, the responses of the students will be the basis on how does the English Class affects
the language learning of the students

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS

The study aims to assess the students of STEM Strand in Richwell Colleges Inc. in dealing
with the impact of English Class in their language learning.

Specially, it aims to answer the following questions:

 What is the essence of the English Class?

 How does the English Class improve the learning skill of the student?
 Does English class contribute to the learning of the students?
  What are the things that will help for encouraging students to attend English Class?

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The research study seeks to examine the impact of English class on language learning.
Using the survey questionnaire, the study examines how does English Class affects the language
learning of the students. Attending and understanding English class is important for the students
to enhance their learning skills. This study will serve as an eye opener for the students of Richwell
Colleges Inc. because it will help them realize how does English Class affect their language
learning and to measure the impact of it.

The importance of the study is to clearly identify the following:

 To find out how does English Class affects the learning of the students in STEM.
 To find out if students of STEM are now fluent in speaking English language.
 To find out solution to enhance their willingness and to encourage them to attend the
English Class.

This study is conducted not to prove but to discover something new. Whatever the result
may be will be helpful for the next batch of researchers to guide them for further studies.

SCOPE AND DELIMITATION

The subject of this research covers all STEM students of Richwell Colleges Inc. for this
semester school year 2019-2020. This study was limited to 50 Grade 11 students who served as
respondents in order to find out the impact of English Class to Language learnings.

ENDNOTES OF CHAPTER I

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english/
 CHAPTER II

LITERATURE REVIEW

RELATED CONCEPT

Foreign

The Impact of Exposure to English Language on Language Acquisition (2018)

Language has been estimated that half of the world’s population is multilingual (Grosjean
& Miller, 1994), and more than one language has been connected with cognitive benefits
throughout the lifespan (Bialystok, Craik & Ryan, 2006). Nowadays, English language is
considered as an essential that is attended and used all over the world as a means of
communication. A good command of English is the stepping stone to better educational, and job
opportunities, and higher social status (Charise, 2007). With the intention of equipping the younger
generation with the English communication skills required for higher education and career
opportunities, public and private schools in the Arab World introduced ESL/ EFL in their
educational systems.

However, exposure to language can be defined as the contact that the learners have with
the target language that they are attempting to learn .Inside the classroom, one of the most
central roles of the teacher is to provide learners with sufficient exposure to practice the target
language in a variety of contexts, and from different speakers. It is believed that learning English
language needs to be encouraged and developed in the classroom and out the classroom through
appropriate techniques. Such techniques help students become better able to improve their English
language and to express themselves in the target language.

There is a general consensus among researchers in language acquisition that expose to

language plays an essential role in language acquisition, where learners are liable to learn
languages easily, and more successfully. Exposure to a language is considered successful when
the learner can produce the language since learning can take place anywhere and in any time. Many
learners learn English inside the classroom but they do not get the chance to practice it outside the
classroom they will not learn it appropriately.

Exposure to English language is something learners run into in their everyday life.
Interest and motivation are essential factors when it comes to language learning, but one should
distinguish between reward and work when bringing different types of media in the classroom. To
sum up, the previous studies have provided evidence on how exposure to English language has
positive effects on language acquisition. However, language acquisition is crucial to fluency in a
second / foreign language acquisition that can be useful and helpful learning environment through
exposure to target language.

These studies have confirmed that many researchers have discovered how media may work
as a tool for second language acquisition learning. However, the results of many studies showed
that language acquisition could be speeded by explicit teaching such as that typically practiced in
school. Therefore, chatting with native speakers, watching English programs, listening to English
programs and songs, practicing English through using social media and surfing information on the
internet can all contribute to expose learners to English language because a massive amount is
communicated in English.

Local

English Language Teaching in the Philippines (2014)

Among ASEAN countries, the Philippines occupies a unique position in that English was
brought to the country by the Americans, rather than the British. Three hundred years of Spanish
occupation did nothing to make the Spanish language occupy the same prestige status that English
enjoys today. However, about fifty years of American rule was enough to put the English language
in its present elevated position in Philippine society. English came to the Philippine classrooms
through American soldiers who first taught in Corregidor in 1898. With the Americans came public
education and a directive for English to be used as the medium of instruction (MOI) in all levels.
During this period of colonial rule (1898–1946), English was taught as if the Filipino students were
native speakers of the language. (Martin 2002) One indication of this may be found in the
following quote from an American school principal in 1911.

The school principal believes that Filipino students will learn the English language only by
memorizing dialogues. Such was the practice in American schools at that time. Other than dialogue
memorization, the colonial public schools also promoted other mechanical methods of teaching
the language, namely, stressing eye movements in reading, asking students to read aloud, making
them perform grammar drills, and expecting them to recite memorized passages.

The most popular approach in Philippine is the communicative language teaching

approach, which draws its principles from Hyme’s (1966) notion of communicative competence.
hese include observations that the approach discourages the use of the mother tongues in the
classroom, which McKay (2002: 112) believes is a ‘tenet [that] ignores the productive ways in
which the mother tongue can be used in class, and is particularly inappropriate in an era when
English is being acquired primarily in bilingual contexts.
 Clearly, the approaches that dominated and continue to dominate Philippine, namely,
English for Specific Purposes, Task-based Language Teaching, and Communicative Language
Teaching, persist in their reliance on ‘native speaker’ norms. Such a situation, if allowed to
continue, will certainly create feelings of intimidation for the learners, low self-esteem and lack of
self-confidence. Dropout rates in the early years of schooling have been associated with the
Filipino learners’ in ability to understand their lessons and teachers (Nolasco 2008). And language
has a lot to do with developing learners’ knowledge and understanding about things.

RELATED LITERATURE

MULTILINGUAL

It is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of
speakers. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's
population. For better understanding, using or knowing more than one language; "a multilingual
translator"; "a multilingual nation".

LANGUAGE

System that consists of the development, acquisition, maintenance and use of complex
systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so; a language is any specific
example of such a system.

LANGUAGE LEARNING

The process by which the language capability develops in a humans and learning to use a
language.

IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE

A good knowledge of English allows you to communicate effectively with international

clients, helping them to trust you and your organization resulting in strong and lasting business
relationships. People who use English for their work on a daily basis need to be able to use
English for a variety of purposes including in meetings and negotiations, for managing, writing
reports, giving presentations and in social situations. Being able to communicate and negotiate
successfully with clients who speak English makes your skill-set more attractive to companies
who conduct business internationally meaning employees who speak English can often
command higher salaries.
IMPACT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE

English as a global language is having considerable impact on policies and practices in all
countries. It also reveals significant problems, including confusion and inconsistency, at the level
of policy, particularly regarding the issue of age of initial instruction, inequity regarding access to
effective language instruction, inadequately trained and skilled teachers, and a disjunction between
curriculum rhetoric and pedagogical reality.

OPPURTUNITIES FROM ENGLISH LANGUAGE

English language is the most common language that is used in sciences, books, magazines,
newspapers, movies and other media of news or entertainment. Knowing English will allow us
access to an incredible amount of information. Because of its important role, English is considered
as one of the most popular language in many countries. Its main purpose is to make students be
able to know how to communicate with others if they leave the country for university or business.
It helps people to communicate with others from other countries. Without a language that is widely
spoken and used to communicate, important jobs in the world cannot take place. Therefore,
learning English can change your life.

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 CHAPTER III

METHODOLOGY

TECHNIQUES OF THE STUDY:

The researchers used research questionnaire as the method of data gathering in this study.
Its purpose is to get the opinion of every students about the impact of English Class to their
language learning. It is also a creative type of study research in identifying the English Class on
language learning of senior high school students as it aims to assess the needs, procedure, and
techniques to a better selection of material and organization of this study.

POPULATION AND SAMPLE

In this study, the researchers choose the purposive technique in sampling method
as the subjects is only limited. Specifically, 10 boys and 10 girls from STEM 11-Grace, 10 boys
and 10 girls from STEM 11-Faith and 5 boys and 5 girls from STEM 11-Trust. The participant
answered the survey questionnaire to identify the impact of English Class on Language learning.

RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

To investigate the impact of English Class on language learning at Richwell

Colleges Inc., a questionnaire was developed. Survey questionnaire was used as the main data
gathering information in this study. The questionnaire given to the students are five sets of Likert
scale type. These included ‘Strongly Agree’, ‘Agree’, ‘I don’t know’, ‘Disagree’, and ‘Strongly
Disagree’. The researchers used reference books and internet in doing the study of related studies
and literature. After the students had completed the questionnaires, the researcher collected all
answered questionnaires to be analyzed.

DATA GATHERING

After the validation of the instrument, the researchers secured a written permit to the
administrators of Richwell Colleges Inc., After given permission, the researchers explained the
purpose of the study to the selected respondents and then they made sure each participant
corresponds to their predefined criteria. The researchers collected the data by means of survey
questionnaire that comprises their age, gender, and section.
 After the respondents have taken the tests, the papers were checked, tallied, interpreted
and analyzed.

DATA ANALYSIS

8% OR
4 STUDENTS

10% OR
5 STUDENTS

58% OR 29 STUDENTS
24% OR 12 STUDENTS

The figure shows that 58% of the students are Strongly Agree that English
Class has an impact on their language learning. To be followed by 24% of the
students who are Agree, 10% of the students who are Disagree and 8% of
the students who are Strongly Disagree.
 SRTONGLY I DON’T STRONGLY
STATEMENT AGREE
AGREE
KNOW
DISAGRE
DISAGREE

1. Practicing English language inside the

classroom in many contexts improves my
English language level.
2. Having more exposure on English
language develops my proficiency in
English
3. Doing English homework assignments and
project work expands my English
language learning.
4. Encouraging myself to speak English even
when I am afraid of making mistake.
5. Exposing to English language helps me to
get good marks in exams and a good job.
6. Watching a lot of English TV programs,
videos, or movie without subtitle in my
own language helps me understand
English language better.
7. Watching and reading English
documentary help me to learn English
language.
8. Speaking English language in English
Class have a big impact in learning.
9. Surfing internet helps me in learning
English language.
10. Communicating in English outside the
classroom make English language
acquisition easy.
11. Using English in real life situations
increase my English fluency.
12. Applying variety of techniques in the
classroom by the teacher increase
language learning of the student.
13. Travelling to speaking countries develops
English language learning.
14. I am actively participating during our
English Class.
15. I know that English Class will have a big
contribute to my future.
 DISCUSSION

Having English Class is something learners run into in their everyday life.
This approve the advantage of learning English language in the authentic language environment
when they sit on their computers at home, watching a film or playing a game, they might pick up
words and phrases and use them in the future. However, English Class plays a major role in the
learner’s language production. It should be realized that exposure to the language can directly
develop a language comprehension that can lead to social interaction with speakers of the target
language.

The results showed that English Class plays an essential role in the language learning since
the overall means was high reached (58%). Thus, the results presented a strong impact of English
Class into Language Learning. Politzer (1965), also addressed the same view, when he stated that
immigrants arriving to the United States ultimately learn to speak English as they were continuing
to expose themselves to the target language environment.

Accordingly, thorough exposing to the English Class, the learner can improve the second /
foreign language. Same result was garnered by Ellis (2002) stressing that learners may apprehend
the target language by regular exposure to it. Throughout this exposure, the learner normally come
across the linguistic features that composed language. He emphasized the results of several studies
showed that language can be speeded by explicit instruction, such as that normally used by teachers
in schools.

Lambine's (2008) explained that the increased exposure the children get outside the school
environment, it can change the way they think about the language. The results related to the
relationship between exposure to English language and developing the four language skills
(listening, speaking, reading and writing) proved a positive relationship. Language learners acquire
skills and knowledge by using the language, by writing and speaking, and by listening and reading.

Students may even acquire native-like accents by listening to previously recorded material.
In conclusion, the results showed a significant impact of English class on language learnings who
are exposed to the English language at numerous levels are more open when it comes to language
learning as well as there is a strong relationship between exposure to English language and
developing the four language skills.
 CONLUSION

Based on the results and analysis of this study, the statistical analysis approved that there
are some positive impact of English language that develops the four language skills language.

However, there is a strong relationship between exposure to English language and

English language acquisition that can take different forms such as: listening to English programme
and songs on the radio, watching English programme and movies on the television, traveling
to English speaking countries, talking face to face with English native speakers (L2 interaction).

Using English language in real life situations, surfing the internet using English
language, using social media in English language as well as, reading English books, magazines,
and newspapers helps a lot to the students. Thus, studies cited in this study indicated that the
significance of exposure in language learning that means the more the learner exposed to English
language, the more he reads and speaks in the language in class

The higher the exposure, the better the learner performs in the target language.
Actually, exposure to English language improves language learning as exposure refers to the total
contacts with a target language that a learner receives, both in verbal and in written forms.

The researcher recommended that students should be continually exposed to the English
language through many types of media, such as movies, songs and the internet on a daily basis to
help them get rid of their points of weakness and improve their fluency as well as proficiency in
English.

Moreover, provide quality English exposure through a variety of pleasurable and

developmentally appropriate language activities /materials related to their everyday life. Besides,
teachers and parents should raise learners’ awareness towards the importance of learning
English language through exposure to the language daily using different techniques that can
enhance second language acquisition.

Finally, the present study is only a small step towards doing justice to this topic. This study
may help future researchers investigate this issue with a larger group in more depth and with more
connection to the impact of English Class on Language Learning.
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