Learning Styles and Strategies of Teaching the Filipino Language

Abstract

The success of learning a certain language that uses appropriate style helps in the enhancement of the performance of the learners. The main objective of this study is to identify the learning styles of the students in the first level of tertiary education of Filipino language and determine the strategies and techniques, the teachers use in teaching Filipino subject at Palompon Institute of Technology – Tabango Campus. Using descriptive design, the learning styles of the students and the strategies used by the teachers in teaching Filipino were identified and determined. The researchers also examined if the learning styles and the teaching strategies have a significant correlation towards learning the Filipino language. It came out that most of the learners are visual learners while the teachers appeal to the bodily kinesthetic aspect of the students. Thus, the learning style of the learners and the strategies used by the teachers have no significant relationship in the students’ learning. With this, it is recommended that the developed enhancement program must be implemented to help link the learners’ learning styles towards excellent language learning.