Philippine E-Journals

Common Problems in Oral Communication Skills Among High School Students

Kaylenz Joy R Chentez | Jimmy V Felicilda Jr | Angelita R Felisilda | Ryan E Tabañag

 

Abstract:

Oral Communication is the life-skills constituent of the field of Communication. Tis study aims to determine the Common problem in Oral Communication Skills among High School students of Saint Michael College of Caraga. The researcher used quantitative research design in gathering data. The study was conducted at Saint Michael College of Caraga, whereas the 320 students in high school were the respondents. In this study, the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version .05 was used to analyze the data, the frequency, percentage, and weighted mean. The result of the study indicated that oral communication and communication apprehension were the main problems for the students. These problems were caused by not frequent usage in English in daily life resulting in nervous feelings when speaking in the second language. There is an overall total of 0.107 correlation coefficients with the description of a very weak positive correlation. There was a significant relationship on the student’s profile and a significant difference in the common problem of oral communication. It was recommended that there should open channels for staff who wants to strengthen their English skills and give them an opportunity to practice their English to their students. Lastly, role-play games should be provided to increase the familiarity of English usage.