The Effect Of Language Learning Program On Students’ English Speaking Ability
Keywords:
Learning, Short-term Study, English, Program EffectivenessAbstract
The major problem of this study was to determine whether the language learning program exerts significant effect on students’ English speaking ability or not. The study made use of descriptive-correlation method of research which used the English speaking assessment checklist as the primary data gathering tool. The respondents of the study were the students enrolled in any of the three branches of a Bulacan-based language learning center. The results of the study were tabulated and processed using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPPS). The results of the study revealed that the language learning program led to a significant improvement in the English speaking ability of Beginner and Advanced Level students, albeit not for the Intermediate Level students. Nevertheless, the null hypothesis which postulated that the language learning program does not exert significant effect on students’ English speaking ability was rejected. Implications were drawn from the findings of the study.
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