Vocal Facility and Listening Retentivity of BSED English Major Students

Jessa Mae  Pasquin,

Vocal Facility and Listening Retentivity of BSED English Major Students

Discipline: Education

Abstract:

Speaking is one of the four basic communication competences that the students should gain well. This descriptive study aimed to determine the level of vocal facility and listening retentivity of the Second Year and Fourth Year English Majors of ISCOF Main Poblacion Campus when taken as a whole and when grouped as to year level. Using Audio Recording tape and questionnaire as instrument to gather data and administered 30 students at ISCOF Main Poblacion Campus who served as respondents, and employing the statistical tools of percentage, mean and t-test , the findings revealed that the vocal facility and listening retentivity when taken as a whole is “excellent”. The listening retentivity and vocal facility of both grouped: 2nd year and 4th year English Majors Students were “excellent”, Finally, the study revealed that there was no significant difference in the vocal facility and listening retentivity when grouped as to year level.

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