Students' Exposure on Tagalog TV Program and the Perceived Effect on their Performance in Filipino Subject

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the students’ exposure on Tagalog TV program and the perceived effect on their performance in Filipino subject and was limited on determining the profile, the level of Tagalog TV program exposure and perceived effects on the performance in Filipino of the first year college students of Guimaras State College enrolled in Filipino 1 – Akademikong Filipino for First Semester, AY 2015-2016. The results show that out of the 144 respondents participated in the study, majority were 16 – 19 years of age, mostly females, with P5,000 and below average family monthly income, and belong to small (1-5 members) family size. Most of the respondents watched news, followed by teleserye, cartoons, entertainment, and educational shows. Moreover, news and teleserye were very often to be watched, while cartoons, entertainment, educational shows, and other shows were just sometimes to be watched. As to average number of hours spent in watching, news program have been watched daily for an average of 4.25 hours, while teleserye have been watched for 3.86 hours; 3.70 hours for cartoons; 3.26 hours for educational shows; 2.94 hours for entertainment, and 1.26 hours for others. Further, students perceived that watching tagalogtv programs result to: developed good communication skill in Filipino, got familiar and interested, enhanced inter-personal relationship, motivated to be more creative and imaginative, actively involved in classroom activities, and improved grade in Filipino subject. The type Tagalog TV programs watched, frequency of watching, and time spent in watching did not significantly correlate on the perception of the respondents on its effect on their performance in Filipino subject. The result shows that the perceived effect of watching Tagalog TV programs was not related to type, frequency and time spent on watching those TV shows.