Communicative Competence of Secondary Senior Students: Language Instructional Pocket

Abstract

This study included both qualitative and quantitative research approaches and utilized two general instruments. Making use of focus group discussions and a structured oral interview with an American native speaker. Once the transcriptions of the interview were ready, the researcher forwarded it to three expert raters. Findings show that the level of communicative competence in oral and writing skills of the students is both acceptable; however, they differ in their numerical values. In terms of grammatical competence in oral skill, the average rate is 3.10 while the respondents obtained an average rate of 2.91 in their writing skill. In terms of discourse competence in oral skill, the average rate is 3.10, while the respondents obtained an average rate of 2.68 in their writing skill. In sociolinguistic competence in their oral skill, the respondents obtained an average rate of 3.29 and 3.01 in their speaking skill. For the strategic competence, the respondents got an average rate of 3.12 in their oral skill and an average rate of 2.73 in their writing skill. Based on the findings of the study, it can be disclosed that the communicative competence of the students both in speaking and writing skills is acceptable, having an average rate of 3.15 and 2.84 respectively. Their communicative and sociolinguistic competence could still be improved. Based on the foregoing conclusion, it is recommended that the module created by the researcher be used in their English classes since the topics included in the module were relevant to the actual findings. It is important for the different school administrators to ensure that the teachers are able to carry out the suggested topics included in the module.