DECEMBER 2021

VOlUME 04 ISSUE 12 DECEMBER 2021
Level of Cellphone Usage and Academic Performance
1Sheila Mae O. Cantara, 2Mary Jane V. Esimos, 3Leizel B. Francisco
, 4Shelly Joy S. Jungco,5Marissa C. Limson, 6Audrey Karyl P. Maligang, 7Lennie S. Malubay
1,2,3,4,5,6,7Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College, Estancia, Iloilo Philippines
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v4-i12-49

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ABSTRACT

This descriptive research paper was conducted to find out the level of cellphone usage and the English academic performance of the AB English students of the Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College, Estancia, Iloilo. The respondents were the 46 AB English students, 16 of which were the first year and 30 were the fourth year AB English students enrolled in the first semester AY 2018-2019, classified according to sex and year level. The statistical tools used were mean, frequency counts and percentage, t-test, Pearson r. The researcher made questionnaire underwent the validity and reliability testing. Researcher made questionnaire were classified into two parts: Part I, the personal data sheet which include the questions name, sex and year level. Part II has 30 item-cellphone usage questionnaire. It was generally found out that AB English students have always level of cellphone usage. In view of these findings, it can be concluded that the level of cellphone usage of the AB English students when taken as an entire group was always but when classified as to sex, female always used their cellphone while males used their cellphones sometimes. The study also showed that first year AB English students have sometimes level of cellphone usage while the fourth year AB English students always used their cellphones.

The study further revealed that both male and female including the first and fourth year AB English students was good in their academic performance. Thus, no significant differences existed in the level of cellphone usage and academic performance; however significant difference existed in the level of cellphone usage and academic performance of AB English students when they were classified as to year level. Finally, study revealed that no significant relationship between the level of cellphone usage and English academic performance of the AB English students of the Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College.

KEYWORDS:

Development, enhancement, level, performance, proficiency

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