COMPARING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENGLISH AND FILIPINO AS MEDIA OF INSTRUCTION IN TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES TO GRADE 10 STUDENTS

ABSTRACT : The language of instructions is crucial in the transfer of learning. Identifying the right medium is essential to ensure that learners understand and acquire the necessary knowledge and skills from a specific subject or discipline. The paper focuses on the general objective of which language students learn best when it comes to learning Social Studies. The instruments used for this study are post-test and pre-test assessments in both Filipino and English language incorporated with a Likert scale survey. The participants of the study are Grade 10 Students of Mercedes National High School. The evaluation of the academic performance of the students in Filipino and English was conducted through a Pre-Test and Post-Test Assessment. Results show that the participants learn Social Studies best when the Filipino medium of instruction is used, with a Filipino PreTest average score of 28.88 compared to the English Post-Test average score of 24.20. However, despite gaining better results in the Pre-Test, the student’s level of performance is on the “Average level.” After analyzing the data using the Paired T-Test, results show that there is a significant difference in the performance of students in Social Studies when the medium of instruction used is either Filipino or English.

Keywords – media of Instructions, learners performance, teaching Social Studies, language