APPENDICES

A. Letter
Permit to Conduct the Study
April 19, 2021

Ms. Aileen De Guzman

Principal
Dasmarinas City, Cavite

Dear Ma’am:
Greetings of peace and blessings in the Almighty name of our Lord Jesus
Christ!
As CIC Grade 10 Obedience students, please grant our permission to conduct a
survey with selected CIC students as respondents to our research entitled, “The Use of
English as a Tool for Communication in the Students of CIC.”

We are looking forward to your approval on our request. Rest assured that all
data gathered will be treated with utmost confidentiality and animosity.

Respectfully yours,

Almedora, Cyrin W. Gomez, Ashlyn A.

Student Researcher Student Researcher

Bulandos, Rein Elyza P. Randoy, Suzanne A.

Student Researcher Student Researcher

Crisostomo, Mark Adrian J. Samson, Hanna Cheska M.

Student Researcher Student Researcher
Noted by:

Ms. Joylyn Fernandez Mr. Mark Lester Flores

Research Adviser Research Adviser

Mr. Christian Rivera Ms. Aileen De Guzman

Research Adviser School Principal
B. Questionnaire
Dear participants,
Greetings of peace and blessings in the Almighty name of our Lord Jesus
Christ!

Thank you for agreeing to participate in this survey. The purpose of

administering this questionnaire is to ascertain the uses of English as a tool for
communication.
It should take no more than 15 minutes to complete the questionnaire – the questions
can be answered by choosing the answer from the box below.

The questionnaires below are from the study of Rui M. Schroeder entitled, “The
Development and Validation of the Academic Spoken English Strategies Survey (ASESS)
for Non-native English Speaking Graduate Students”, Pamela Cindy Tumuyu with the
subject, “Learner Who Wants to Live (or already live) in an English Speaking Culture”,
and Anglesa Alemanya in the topic of “Questionnaire About The Learning of English.”
Thank you very much for your time and effort in responding to this questionnaire. God
bless you all!

Respectfully yours,
Almedora, Cyrin W.
Bulandos, Rein Elyza P.
Crisostomo, Mark Adrian J.
Gomez, Ashlyn A.
Randoy, Suzanne A.

Samson, Hanna Cheska M.

(Student Researchers)
 Students’ Responses on the Use of English as a Tool for Communication
Items Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
Agree Disagree
1. I learn English because it
allows me to discuss interesting
topics with people all around the
world.
2.The purpose of improving oral
English is to find a good job
3. Have you ever used the English
language at home, in your school
and public places for your own
advantage?
4. I deliberately try to expand my
academic vocabulary in English.
5. I pay attention to how people in
my field explain complicated ideas
in English.
6. I try to learn from good
presenters or classmates who
speak clearly and convincingly.
7. Although I know my English is
not perfect, I encourage myself to
speak up when I have something
meaningful to say.
8. I read aloud materials in my
field to practice speaking in
academic English.
9. I ask someone the meaning of a
word I do not understand.
10. When I read or listen to
English, I pay attention to the
words and structures.