Macro Skills in English of Grade 11 Senior High School in Balayan, Batangas: A Guided Learning Activities

Abstract

English instruction should not be limited to the four corners of the classroom only it may be held inside and outside the campus, where maximum learning takes place. Students must be exposed to a lot of activities which will allow them to experience by themselves and understand the concepts that they need to learn especially in improving their macro skills. This study was a descriptive method research which was conducted to determine the way of improving the macro skills to increase the English performance of students. The following are the results of the study: Many of the respondents utilize in this study belong to 15 and 16 age range and equal number of male and female, belonged to 5000 and below family income and have 75 to 79 grade in English in the first grading. The respondents agree that the development of macro skills in their English performance. The respondents agree on the challenges they experienced on developing macro skills increase their English performance. There is no significant difference on developing macro skills in their English performance when profile is considered, however there was a significant difference in term of family background and grade in English in the first grading. There is no significant difference in the challenges on developing macro skills in their English performance when profile is considered, however there is a significant difference in grade in English in the first grading. There is a significant relationship on developing macro skills in their English performance and the challenges experienced by the respondents. The guided learning activities are made by the researcher to develop more the macro skills of the students.