Level of Grammatical Competence among Fourth Year High School Students

The study endeavored to determine the level of grammatical competence test the significant difference in the level of students’ grammatical competence when grouped according to home factors. The study used the descriptive correlational design. A total of 316 fourth year students and 6 teachers from public and private schools were chosen as the respondents. The commonly used teaching strategies are oral recitation and vocabulary drill, followed by lecture, group discussion, reporting, panel discussion and journal writing. The common facilities common facilities found in the school are computer laboratory and library. The grammatical competence of the students was based on the seven parts of the administered test. Oral recitation and vocabulary drill are effective strategies towards grammatical competence. Added to the list are lecture, group discussion, reporting, panel discussion, and journal writing. The occupation and income of their parents affect their knowledge in the aspect of grammatical usage; as to idiomatic expressions, parents’ occupation affects students’ learning; occupation and parents’ income influence students’ knowledge concerning parts of speech; all factors except income have some being on the aspect of prefixes and suffixes; in terms of tenses of verbs; parents’ occupation and father’s education affect students’ learning; all factors do not affect students’ learning in terms of verbals; lastly, in terms of identifying errors, father’s education and income influence their learning.

 

Keywords: Grammatical Competence