PRACTICAL RESEARCH

MODULE 2 ACTIVITIES

Members:
Rosebelle May Francine P. Manalo
Charlene L. Sarsuela
Lloyd Andrey M. Espiritu
Julieana Cassandra E. Raz
Joshua D. Pamilar
Jericho P. De La Cueva

This activity and the succeeding ones will be done BY GROUP. Follow the sample output
below.

I. RESEARCH PROBLEM
Research topic: Modular distance learning
Research title: Challenges of Modular Distance Learning as Experienced by G12 HUMSS
Students of Malvar Senior High School
Research questions:
1. What resources do G12 HUMSS student have at home (checklist: smart phone,
ipad/tablet, laptop, desktop, mobile data, wired connection, PISO wifi)
2. What challenges were encountered by G12 HUMSS students in terms of:
a. Distribution and retrieval of modules
b. Lesson comprehension
3. Is there a relationship between the challenges encountered by G12 HUMSS students
and the resources they have at home?
4. What action plan may be proposed to help students better cope up with modular
distance learning?
Rationale: The researchers conducted this study to know the challenges encountered by G12
HUMSS students in the implemented modular distance learning during this COVID-19
pandemic. They wanted to understand how students can better cope up with modular distance
learning and ensure that quality education is still achieved.

Research topic: Speech Anxiety

Research title: Speech Anxiety and its impact to the Academic Performance of Grade 12
HUMSS Students of Malvar Senior Highschool S.Y. 2021
Research questions:
1. What is the profile of the repsondents in terms of:
a. age
b. sex
c. grade level
2. How does speech anxiety affect academic performance of students in terms of
a. knowledge
b. skills/attitude
3. Is there a significant difference on the impacts of speech anxiety to academic
performance of students when grouped according to profile?
4. What course of action may be proposed to improve public speaking skills of students?

Rationale: The researchers conducted this study because most people have some level of speech
anxiety while speaking in front of a group in fact, public speaking in many people’s worst dread.
Speech anxiety can range from a little case of the nerves to a crippling terror. Shaking, shivering,
butterflies in the stomach, dry mouth, and quick speech are some of the most typical signs of
speech anxiety.

II. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Search the web for literatures (books, articles, magazine, journals) that are related to your
study. Do not forget to cite your sources.

Anxiety is a kind of emotion which can be considered as complicated state of mind.

Anyone can be affected by anxiety. The feeling of anxiety is associated with fear when we are
afraid of something we know the reason but for the anxiety. The cause is not specific, sometimes
it is vague, anxiety manipulated our thought process and regulates our feeling. We all feel
anxiety at some point in our life but for some people it becomes very severe that hampers their
normal lifestyle. We find ourselves in situations where we become the focus of attention as we
must address an audience, we experience emotions like fear and anxiety, leading to nausea and
excessive sweating. Most of us tried to avoid situations where we need to perform or speak in
public, but when unavoidable, such situations are endured by distress. According to Lucas
(2011), such people need to realize that they are not the only ones who may be going through
this emotion; in fact, almost every speaker feels the same. It is important that people consciously
realized the fact that there is more nervous speaker in the world than those who are not.
Glossophobia, also known as “speech anxiety,” is the feeling of fear while speaking in
front of public, often characterized as fear of speaking publically or nervousness in
communication. It is a feeling of panic related with different psychological changes like elevated
heart and beating rates, over rapid reaction, trembling of muscles and shoulders and neck area
stiffness among others (2012). It is a type of social phobia having great social importance,
people with public speaking fear face great difficulty in pursuing their career goals and
promotion, this may cause frustration, depression, and distress in their personality (Mel Slater
and Barker 2012)
Speech anxiety influences student performance most among the other affective factors.
Speech researchers are very concerned about the foreign language learners and their affective
factors. Thus, Foreign Language learning situations seem to be threatening for the learners who
go to through a high level of anxiety. Therefore, their performance become poor in the class.
According to MacIntyre & Gardner (2010) learner’s speaking anxiety influences their academic
performance. Students experiencing high level of communicative anxiety tend to have lower
scores on their oral as well as the written vocabulary test. Gardner, Tremblay, and Masgoret
(2010) found out from their research that Foreign Language anxiety is the most powerful
variable that negatively affects learners’ academic performance is correlated to speech anxiety.
According to initial studies speech anxiety can be considered as a facilitator. To support the
studies, a lot of work has been done that indicates achievement can be slowed down for speech
anxiety.
Professionals are expected to regularly keep on improving their communication
skills. Verderber, Sellnow and Verderber (2011) state,” Speaking, a sustained formal
presentation by a speaker to an audience, is simple one form of human communication. So,
learning to be an effective public speaker will help you to be more effective in other
communication setting as well”. A change in their confidence, speaking style, intonation pattern
and the rest can result in a positive change in their professionals, Tacheva (2013) asserts that
“The verbal register, intonation, articulation, pronunciation, tone, rhythm, dialect define the
character of the communicative impact as positive or negative depending on whether they
facilitate or hinder the achievement of communicative purposes”. People can overcome this
problem by practicing in small groups of peers and then moving on to larger audiences. Many
people are shy or afraid of speaking in front of their peers or familiar people and this can be
overcome by practicing in front of unfamiliar audiences. This will increase their confidence and
help them reduce their anxiety level.
The most common symptoms include trembling or shaking of hands, mind going
blank, difficulty in speech or in performances (Krushner, 2010). When public speaking fear
arises in an individual, he or she usually hesitate to participate in routine activities; making
him/her handicap and can erode the individual’s quality (Hancock 2010). According to survey
women were found to be more anxious in public speaking than men (Stone 2010)

III. SCOPE AND LIMITATION

Answer the following questions in paragraph format.

Topic of the study:

 Anxiety is a kind of emotion which can be considered as complicated state of mind.
Anyone can be affected by anxiety. The feeling of anxiety is associated with fear when we are
afraid of something we know the reason but for the anxiety. The cause is not specific, sometimes
it is vague, anxiety manipulated our thought process and regulates our feeling. We all feel
anxiety at some point in our life but for some people it becomes very severe that hampers their
normal lifestyle. We find ourselves in situations where we become the focus of attention as we
must address an audience, we experience emotions like fear and anxiety, leading to nausea and
excessive sweating. The purpose of this study is to examine the speech anxiety and its impact to
the academic performance of Grade 12 HUMSS Student at Malvar Senior Highschool. Through
this research the researchers will discover, know, and understand the effects and how to
overcome speech anxiety. For this to be successful, it was important to carefully consider any
assumption that could have potentially affected its outcome. The assumption of this study
involved the interview and its value
Objectives or Problems to be Addressed:
The objective of this research is to identify the different levels of anxiety. Anxiety is
something that everyone experiences at some point in their lives, and a certain degree of anxiety
is healthy. Anxiety disorders, on the other hand, are characterized by excessive anxiety and
hyperarousal, which interfere with normal functioning. Personality, coping mechanisms, life
experiences, and gender can all influence anxiety levels. Anxiety levels are often divided into
four groups based on the severity of distress and impairment: mild anxiety, moderate anxiety,
and panic level anxiety.
Time Frame:
The research will be conducted during the academic year 2021-2022. The research will
take place over a 3-month period contains of 3 lessons with duration of two hours.
Locale of the Study:
The data will be gathered by researchers from the students of Malvar Senior Highschool.
The respondents will be interviewed through video call. The implementation area was chosen by
the researchers with the information they needed for patients with speech anxiety.
Characteristics of the Respondents:
Our possible respondents are male and female students ages 16 years old and above that
usually start to express themselves in public and making up their careers.
Method and Research Instruments:
To this study, the researchers will use two research tools— questionnaires and interview.
The questionnaires will be distributed to the students who experienced speech anxiety.
Questionnaires are chosen for this research because it is more reliable and quick method. For the
interview, to cover more abstract aspects of the research. It is often used method because they
provide for a more in-depth, open discussion as well as more casual, unstructured contact
between the interviewer and the interviewee.
RUBRIC IN SCORING CHAPTER 1

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1. Introduction to the study has a clear statement of the problem, demonstrating
how topic is significant to your area of study.
2. Introduction proceeds from general to specific.
3. The research questions are stated clearly.
4. Limitations and bounds of the study are clearly stated.