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The Impact of Contextualized Workbook in Teaching/Learning English To the Grade Iv Pupils of Our Lady of The Pillar College-Cauayan, Cauayan City, Isabela

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DOI: 10.18535/sshj.v8i07.1184· Pages: 4212-4124· Vol. 8, No. 07, (2024)· Published: July 4, 2024
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Abstract

This study sought to develop a teaching and learning
contextualized workbook in English to determine its 
acceptability through questionnaire. In order to determine the 
effect of the proposed contextualized workbook in English and 
to assess the English competency of the grade 4 pupils, one 
group pretest-posttest was employed. The respondents of the 
study were five (5) English teachers and forty-three (43) Grade IV pupils of the Our Lady of the Pillar College-Cauayan City, 
Isabela. The data gathered were computed and analyzed using 
frequency, percentage, and weighted mean. The result of the T-test analysis between the English competency of the respondents 
when grouped according to profile, shows that there is no 
significant difference in the learners’ English competency when 
grouped according to age, ethnic group, language/dialect 
spoken, and available learning technologies at home. This
implies that learning the English language is not solely 
dependent on these factors. The findings revealed that the 
English competency of the learners is at the “developing” level 
based on the results of their pre-test which means that most of 
them find the pre-test difficult. On the other hand, the teacher 
evaluators strongly agreed that the four aspects of the 
instructional modules namely content, format, presentation and 
organization, accuracy and Up-to-datedness of information are 
very satisfactory. The validated contextualized workbook in 
English is recommended for use as supplemental instructional 
tool in English IV in the Grade School. The material may serve 
as a prototype for the development of modules for other courses 
in the K–12 Basic Education curriculum. Further review and 
evaluation of the contextualized workbook may be considered to 
make it more contextualized, localized, and indigenized in the 
Philippine setting.

Keywords

Contextualized WorkbookEnglishGrade SchoolEnglish Education

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