Effectiveness of Blended Learning Approach to The Performance of The Senior High School Students in Oral Communication

AUTHOR(S)

Annabelle A. Palacio

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to determine the Effectiveness of Blended Learning Approach to the Performance of the Senior High School students in Oral Communication Quarter for SY 2021- 2022. The findings of the study served as bases for the proposed Intervention plan. The findings were the bases for a proposed improvement plan. This study use the quasi-experimental method of research to determine the effectiveness of blended learning modality to the performance of the Senior High School students in Oral Communication. The results will be the basis for an intervention Plan. The researcher will utilize Universal Sampling in identifying the respondents of the study. the test of difference between the scores in the pretest and posttest of senior high school students in Oral Communication before and after the integration of blending learning approach during the teaching and learning process or in the delivery of the different most essential learning competencies in aforementioned subject. Based on the results shown in table 3, there was a positive effect or impact brought about of the different blended learning approaches such as utilization of video lessons based on the least learned competencies in English, delivery of the skills using facebook, messenger, google meet or zoom and most specially the real time talk or engagement between the teacher and the senior high school students in teaching Oral Communication. Based from the results shown in table 3, there was a big difference on the computed t value which is equal to 1.982 from the critical t value which is equal to 0.718 from the posttest value of 30.29 and the pretest value of 24.27 which is resulted to the rejection of the hypothesis which state that there is no significant difference between the pretest and posttest performance of the senior high school students in Oral Communication before and after the integration of the blended learning approach..
The result implied that the utilization of the different learning platforms by the teachers such as using of printed learning approach and considered as the very common among other modalities being used in this time of pandemic, the use of video lessons in which teachers were able to craft videos based from the most essential learning competencies and let the students view them and interact based on the time allotted to them, the use of virtual learning modality in which the teacher and students interact in a real time mode. Those few approaches are considered as blended learning approach. Having been said that, it really helps the senior high students to increase their performances from the pretest and posttest.