Open AccessReading Proficiency: It’s Relationship to the writing skills of the Senior College Students in the University of the Immaculate Conception
Author(s) -
Nestle Joy R. Arguilla,
Joanna Mae E. Parba,
Maureen D. Aguisando
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
uic research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2244-6532
pISSN - 1656-0604
DOI - 10.17158/498
Subject(s) - reading (process) , workbook , liberal arts education , test (biology) , mathematics education , psychology , language proficiency , pedagogy , the arts , standardized test , reading comprehension , higher education , linguistics , art , visual arts , political science , paleontology , philosophy , law , biology
Students upon entering tertiary education are expected to have gained proficiency in language especially in writing and reading. This research aimed to know the level of reading and writing proficiencies of Fourth year Education and Liberal Arts students since they are expected to be outstanding in these skills as a requirement in their profession in the future. This study made use of test questionnaires for its data gathering purposes. The research instruments measured the reading and writing proficiencies of the respondents. These research instruments were adapted from SAT (Critical Reading Workbook) and TOEEFL iBT both standardized tests for English language. On this study, it revealed that there is no significant relationship between reading proficiency and writing proficiency of the 4th year Education and Liberal Arts students of the University of Immaculate Conception. Keywords: Reading proficiency, writing proficiency, college students, University of the Immaculate Conception, Davao City, Philippines