ABSTRACT
Linguistic Competence is the innate knowledge of linguistics that allows speaker to use, understand and match sounds, meanings and languages and effect academic performance. The Philippine Educational setting adheres to the underlying philosophy of “Assessment FOR rather than OF Learning”. Students are therefore assessed to enhance the teaching-learning process. This paper aims to determine whether linguistic competence has a relationship to Grade 11 students’ academic performance in Oral Communication and in Reading and Writing Skills. Descriptive type of research was used to analyze and interpret results. Linguistic Competence Test was utilized to measure students’ linguistic competence in four areas: phonology, morphology, semantics and syntax. Scores students got were transmuted through the use of DepEd D.O. 8, s. 2015, Grade Transmutation Table for K-12 Basic Education Program. Student’s Permanent Record was used to know students’ grades in two mentioned subjects. To determine their level of academic performance, Learner Progress and Achievement was utilized. The findings revealed that the linguistic competence has a significant relationship with students’ academic performance in Oral Communication and in Reading and Writing Skills. In this regard, enhancement activities were proposed to help students improve their level of linguistic competence.
KEY WORDS: Linguistic Competence, Phonology, Morphology, Semantics, Syntax, Enhancement Activities