International Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary Research (IJAMR)
  Year: 2021 | Volume: 5 | Issue: 2 | Page No.: 141-145
Enhancing Teaching Technology and Livelihood Education /Technical Vocation Education Subject through Biligual Medium of Instruction
Victor T. Dela Cruz II, PhD

Abstract:
The main concern of the study was to identify the effectiveness of bilingual as a medium of instruction in enhancing the teaching of the subject TLE/TVE. A mixed research method particularly a descriptive research method was used in the study and utilized validated self-constructed instruments as data gathering tools. It used triangulation which involved the participation of the three important persons in school: the students, teachers, and the school principals of the four public secondary schools in the Division of Bulacan during the Second Grading Period of School Year 2013-2014. The results were processed using the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS), and analyzed, and interpreted using descriptive statistics. The analysis revealed that "high" is the level of understanding of the students, TLE/TVE teachers, and school principals about bilingual as a medium of instruction in teaching the subject. The result of the post-test and the pre-test revealed the weighted mean score of 83.77 from 78.73, and it was interpreted as "approaching proficient" from "developing". However, the study also revealed that students' performance graded by the TLE/TVE teachers showed "low" results with the weighted mean score of 2.36, while students' observation of their own performance was a satisfying result. The level of learning competencies of the students in terms of oral examination lies between the highest and the moderate points. 47.6% of students got the moderate point while 45.5% of the students got the highest score. In terms of practicum, the study revealed the weighted mean score of 90.18 and interpreted it as "very satisfactory". The study proposed different policies for further enhance the teaching of TLE/TVE subjects.