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Communicative Approach in Teaching Afro-Asian Literature and Performance of Grade 8 Students

Received: 17 November 2020     Accepted: 3 December 2020     Published: 28 December 2020
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The world constant change calls for a more rapid growth in the intellectual and emotional aspect of every individual. English, as a global language requires most of the learners to be more acquainted with the utilization of English language. This paper focused on the use of Communicative Approach in Teaching Afro-Asian Literature and the performance of Grade 8 students. The study tested the acceptability of the instructional module in terms of its content, relevance and instructional quality that turns out to be highly acceptable. The researchers used experimental method of research to the 68 participants who were randomly selected from the Grade 8 students of Telafas National High School and were grouped into experimental and control groups. Findings revealed that students from the control group performed poor in their pre-test and fair in their post-test, while the experimental group performed poor in the pre-test and their performance turned into outstanding after the integration of Communicative Approach. These results were further analyzed with the use of t-test; it statistically showed that there is a significant difference between the mean gain score of the control and experimental group which revealed that the experimental group improved better and learned much on the use of communicative approach than the control group.

Published in Education Journal (Volume 9, Issue 6)
DOI 10.11648/j.edu.20200906.14
Page(s) 173-178
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Keywords

Afro-Asian Literature, Student’s Performance, Communicative Approach, Communication Skills

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  • Department of Education, Telafas National High School, Telafas, Columbio, Philippines

  • College of Teacher Education, Sultan Kudarat State University, Administration Center Central Educational Site and Services (ACCESS) Campus, Tacurong City, Philippines

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