The English Language Proficiency of Palawan State University Midwifery Students

Abstract

The present study aims to respond to the necessity of research about the need to determine and assess the English Language Proficiency of allied medical courses and health sciences students. This study also paved the way for the discovery of reading comprehension problems in the students. The respondents are the thirty-five graduating students enrolled in Academic Year 2021-2022 under the Diploma in Midwifery program. A combination of qualitative and quantitative techniques was utilized. Questionnaires that tested the respondents’ writing and reading skills were used. Another tool used was the respondents’ journals and specified rubrics were used to gauge the outputs of the said tools. These reflective journals were considered by many language teachers to be one of the efficient ways of determining the language proficiency of a certain set of individuals. Their grades in their Related Learning Experience subjects where these journals constituted the majority of the computation, were correlated. Data showed that there is a significant correlation between the Related Learning Experience subject grades and the respondents’ language proficiency which vastly affected their learning skills. The findings in the correlation showed significant interaction between the variables. The demographic profile of the respondents affects their language proficiency to a noticeable degree. This can also be observed in their Related Learning Experience subject grades. The English language proficiency of the participants greatly affected their grades as was exhibited by this study. From these findings, the present study recommends that the College of Nursing and Health Sciences assess further their language proficiency regularly which in turn will assist in their learning.