PINOY SCHOLARS’ EXPERIENCES VIS-À-VIS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: ITS CORRELATIONS

Abstract

This study entitled “PINOY SCHOLARS’ EXPERIENCES VIS-À-VIS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITIONS: ITS CORRELATIONS” aims to determine the Pinoy (or also called as the ESGP-PA) Scholars’ experiences in learning the second-language and its correlations to their language performances as basis for improving the language teachings facilitated in by the concerned faculty in the department.   The data gathered imply that the BEED-ECE ESGP-PA scholars have had average written skills and their spoken skill is inadequately commendable; the BEED-SPED ESGP- PA Scholars get an average written skills and that their spoken skill is adequately commendable; the BTM ESGP-PA scholars in CAS  have average written skills although their spoken skill is inadequately commendable; and the BTM ESGP-PA scholars in Medellin have had average written skills and their spoken skill is adequately commendable; learning the second-language has never been smooth-sailing; motivation and self-esteem have been low too;  debilitating anxiety and the drive of the teachers to make them feel good when writing and speaking have never been influential; helping them realize that learning the second-language is not that easy and all perfect has to sound more convincing; 3. learning the second-language takes varies issues: some are good and some are disappointing conditions; it requires self-esteem and motivation; it takes too much trial-and error; it takes the will to learn; it also requires loving it though for many it is very awkward; it takes careful listening especially from those who have the skills like the     English tutor; it also defies one to love his native language; it makes few learners appear mad and trying-hard to others; it makes students give more time to foreign friends than their local friends; and it forces them to enjoy what is unusual especially the use of the second-language even if it is not that easy; and that the written and spoken skills of the most of the ESGP-PA scholars are significantly correlated to experiences depending on how these are being facilitated either in the entire acdemic environment or by the  mentors themselves.   It is, therefore, concluded that the ESGP-PA or the Pinoy Scholars’ experiences in learning the second-language are significantly correlated with their written and spoken skills.