Instructional Strategies and Materials Utilized in Teaching Viewing as Macro-Skill by English Teachers

Abstract

This study determined the degree of utilization of instructional strategies and materials in teaching viewing as a macro- skill by the English teachers of Anda, Pangasinan. It is the latest addition to the macro-skills of English language which is catered using different materials that are print and non-print forms. Descriptive method was used in the study during the school year 2017- 2018 with 34 teachers-respondents. A questionnaire was used to collect data. The researchers used simple frequency counts, a weighted mean for the utilization of instructional strategies and materials, and multivariate test for the significant difference.
The researchers found out that many of the respondents are teaching in public schools in the locality, bachelor’s degree holders, pure classroom teachers with no administrative functions, and are just on their early years of service and who mostly attended division-level training relevant to their specialization. Instructional strategies and instructional materials are both often utilized by teachers in teaching viewing as a macro-skill. There is a significant difference in the utilization of instructional strategies and materials in teaching viewing regarding highest educational attainment, which contributes to the instructional materials utilization. Based on the findings of the study, the following recommendations are hereby suggested: (1) the teachers who are teaching English should venture on higher levels of training relevant to their specialization especially on teaching viewing; (2) the teachers should maximize instructional strategies especially mnemonic strategies; (3)strengthen the Internet connection and build more e- classrooms and audio-visual rooms in schools for the teachers and the learners can have conducive teaching-learning process and direct experience on discussing viewing; and (4) the teachers should pursue on educational attainment as it contributes to the utilization of instructional strategies and materials.