Integrative Applications on DepEd Special Program in Foreign Language : Students' Acceptability And Teachers' Perception

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the level of acceptability of restoring the Spanish language as a special subject; the extent of student’s self-efficacy; and the importance of reviving the teaching of Spanish language to uplift the quality of language education in the Philippines. The results of the study showed that Cervantes’ language is highly accepted and that the students are ready and highly motivated to learn it as their special subject, because of its importance and the students’ awareness of its advantages. Students’ self-efficacy shows that in communication skills, the two skills in which the respondents are highly confident in doing are listening and reading. As regards the teachers’ perception to remedy and prevent the problems arising in teaching Spanish, findings showed that an orientation of students to motivate them to study it was highly preferred. The students’ level of acceptability in learning it has a significant relationship with language motivation and self-efficacy to acquire language proficiency in a new language. The teachers’ integrative application in DepEd special program in foreign language should focus on teir increasing level of awareness on problems encountered in teaching the Spanish language to be able to provide activities to prevent and remedy those problems.