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Department of
Education
Region 02 – Cagayan Valley
Schools Division of the City of Ilagan
Isabela National High School Compound, San Vicente, City of Ilagan, Isabela, 3300
(078) 624-0077 ilagan@deped.gov.ph sdocityofilagan.com.ph
Enhancing Speaking Proficiency of Grade 8 Learners of A2IS through MUST (MUsical

StoryTelling)
Noha T. Khalil
Teacher I
Alinguigan 2nd Integrated School
SDO Ilagan City
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I. Introduction and Rationale
Speaking is a basic life skill. It is the first way to interact with others in the social
community. Furthermore, the success in learning a language at first can be seen from
the ability of the learner’s speaking.
In school, one of the major roles of the teachers is to teach the learners on how
to speak in the early stage and be proficient speakers as it is a fundamental instrument
in the day-to-day communication. After being able to learn how to speak mother
tongue, learners are required to learn speaking foreign language specifically English
as it is a part of the curriculum. However, it is very hard for the learners to speak the
foreign language for a lot of reasons such as lack of ideas to tell, lack of vocabularies
to express the ideas, lack of the exposure to speak, and lack of the interesting teaching
method or technique that can motivate them to speak.
Moreover, due to the Corona Virus Infectious Disease (COVID-19) pandemic,
teachers were challenged to help the learners to be proficient in speaking the English
language. The ‘new normal’ setting was introduced to revive our education system

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and paved the way for the students’ equal learning opportunities. Modules were
provided and served as the main source of information and the sole instrument for the
learners’ worksheets. Teachers however, know that these weren’t enough for the
learners so they find ways to make the situation lighter and at the same time
interesting for the learners. Some teachers used the social media as their platform
while some schools used Radio Based Instruction.
Due to the disruption of traditional classroom setting for the past years caused
by the Corona Virus Infectious Disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Students’ Speaking
Proficiency in English became stagnant, their exposure in speaking activities became
limited. This is why when the normal classroom setting resumed this school year
2022-2023, students are afraid to speak the English language aside from being afraid
to commit grammatical errors, they are not confident anymore in speaking what they
are not used to speak to.
Furthermore, in pursuant to the DepEd Order No. 60 Series of 2008 Entitled
Addendum To Deped Order No. 36, S. 2006 (Implementing Rules And Regulations
On Executive Order No. 210, Establishing The Policy To Strengthen The Use Of The
English Language As A Medium Of Instruction In The Educational, wherein English

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language should be the medium of instruction of teachers, some of the learners are
struggling to follow instructions due to poor comprehension.
Moreover, the Grade 8 students of Alinguigan 2nd Integrated School are
struggling in speaking the English Language as observed by the researcher for the
past few months of the face-to-face education, this may be attributed because of the
effects of the 2-year modular learning brought by the pandemic. Hence, they are
tasked to narrate series of events, they cannot connect their ideas appropriately.
Now that we are back to the normal classroom setting, new challenge comes
in, teachers should pave the way to enhance the students’ speaking proficiency and
make practicing speaking English in the classroom interesting with appropriate
technique in order to make the process of learning enjoyable and engaging for them.
One of these techniques that can be used in teaching speaking is story telling but with
a twist. In order to build the bridge, in the speaking activities, the teacher must give
them practice opportunities for purposeful communication in meaningful situation.
In parallel to the studies conducted by Abdul Qudddus, Shaikh Ejaz Ahmed
(2015) and Sharma, Dami (2018) which both aimed to improve Students' Speaking
Proficiency in Using Cooperative Storytelling Strategy, they both concluded on their

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studies that Storytelling really helped in improving the speaking proficiency of the
students.
With this in mind, the researcher decided to conduct the same study but with a
twist. This action research proposal is designed to improve students’ speaking
proficiency by using Musical Storytelling Strategy. It is cooperative efforts of learners
but with a twist. Storytelling Strategy has been effective strategy to most as it is being
used by some English teachers in the entire world, this is why the researcher wanted
to adapt this strategy but with some revision.
II. Research Questions
The study aims to determine the effects of Musical Storytelling to the performance
of Grade 8 learners in Speaking English specifically on the use of Cohesive Devices.

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Specifically, the study seeks to answer the following questions:
1. What are the scores of the Grade 8 students before and after the implementation of
MUST?
2. Is there a significant difference between the pre-speaking test and post speaking
test scores after the implementation of MUST?
3. What is the effect size of significance of MUST in the skills of students in
Enhancing their Speaking Proficiency?
4. What are the challenges experienced by the respondents using MUST?
III. Proposed Innovation, Intervention, and Strategy
The normal classroom setting just resumed this school year 2022-2023,
students are afraid to speak the English language; aside from being afraid to commit
grammatical errors, they are not confident anymore in speaking what they are not
used to speak to. Thus, the Musical Storytelling aims to pave the way to enhance
speaking proficiency in English for the identified Grade 8 learners in Alinguigan 2nd
Integrated School. This strategy will be used as an activity during their 1 hour ICL
(Independent Cooperative Learning) in English subject for the whole duration of the
3rd Quarter.

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The grade 8 students will be given pre speaking tests composed of two:
general introduction and picture description. Their performance will be graded as
follows:
Criteria You made it! Just okay Try Again Score

5 3 1
Relevance to the All ideas are Some ideas Few ideas
Picture related to the are related are related
picture
Cohesive devises used Ideas are well Some ideas Ideas are
(Appropriate use of organized and are well illogically
transitional words, cohesive organized arranged
synonyms, devices are and
pronouns/determiners, used cohesive
repetition of words/key appropriately devices are
terms) used
appropriately
Correct usage Committed no Committed 1- Committed
Errors 2 errors 3 or more
errors
TOTAL
After administering the pre speaking test to the chosen respondents, the
researcher will now integrate Musical Storytelling in the teaching-learning process
wherein, students will sit in a circle and build a story together in tune of a song
provided. The teacher will give a song that the students will rhyme their storytelling.
One will begin the story; his neighbor provides the next scenarios and so on. The
story is over when every learner in the circle has had a chance to contribute. It's also

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helpful to brainstorm with the learners what the story will be about before beginning
the activity.
IV. Action Research Methods
In this study, the researcher will make use of the Quantitative Experimental
Research method to collect and analyze the numerical data needed to study and
compare the result of pre-speaking test and post speaking test of the Grade 8 Basalt
students. Meanwhile, qualitative research will also be used in collecting students
experiences on the utilization of the intervention using phenomenology design.
a. Participants and/or other Sources of Data
The Sampling Purposive technique will be utilized to determine the number of
populations who will participate the study. The research shall be conducted at
Alinguigan 2nd Integrated School, Schools Division of Ilagan. There will be 24 male
and 18 female Student-respondents for a total of 42 Grade 8 Basalt class. The entire
population will be considered as the respondents. Hence, one group will be employed
in this study considering the total number of enrollees in the school.
b. Data Gathering Methods

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1.) The researcher will administer a pre speaking test to the grade 8 learners.
2.) The questions to be used in the pre speaking test and post speaking test
will be culled from the modules and other speaking materials.
3.) Upon identifying the result of the learners’ performances derived from the
speaking test conducted, the researcher will now conduct teacher-parents
meeting to ask for their permission prior to the conduct of the study.
4.) Focus Group Discussions will also be employed to gather students
encountered challenges during the implementation.
c. Ethical Issues
The researcher will follow the protocol in conducting action research. The
proponent shall seek approval of the research to the school head, District Head then to
the Division Research Committee before conducting the research. The proponent will
also conduct HRPTA orientation to inform the parents of the said study and secure
parents consent as well. The data to be collected will be kept confidential and will be
solely for this study.
d. Data Analysis Plan
MUST will be utilized to enhance the speaking proficiency of Grade 8
learners. The researcher will study and compare the result of pre-speaking test and

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post speaking test of the Grade 8 Basalt students and come up with a comprehensive
assessment, the following statistical tools will be employed:
1. Mean and Standard Deviation shall be used to determine the performance of
the respondents in pre speaking test and post speaking test or average which will
answer research question number 1.
2. Kolmogorov Smirnov test will be used to identify the normality of the
distribution of the data.
3. Paired Samples t-test shall be used when the data is parametric and Wilcoxon
Signed Rank test will be used if the data is non parametric to identify the
existence of significant difference on the pre speaking test and post speaking test
of students after the intervention which will lead to answer question number 2.
4. The effect size or magnitude of the differences between groups will be computed
using the Eta squared.
The data will be tabulated and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social
Sciences (SPSS). Eta squared will also be interpreted using Cohen’s guidelines:
0.20 – small effect
0.50 – moderate effect

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0.80 and above – large effect
The data will be tabulated and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences
(SPSS).
5. Thematic analysis will be used to treat the learners’ responses of the to the open-
ended section. Analysis of the codes and thematic qualitative data will be
generated in the themes with their corresponding descriptions in tabular format
which in tandem with the analysis of descriptive statistics.
V. Action Research Work Plan and Timelines
Strategies Program Activities/ Resources Timelin

Task Persons Materials Cost of e
Involved Materials
-Printing P150.00 March
Writing of -Folders P25.00 2023
Research Proponent -Internet/ P150.00
Research Proposal , School Load
Development Head,
SRC
Finalization of Members -Printing P150.00
Research Folders P25.00
To Enhance Proposal Internet/ P150.00
the Load
Proponent Photocopy P50.00 August

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Speaking , School of Consent 2023

Data Head, Letter
Proficiency Research Gathering SRC
of Grade 8 Implementatio Members,
n Parents Bluetooth
Learners of P1,500
&Learner Speaker w/
A2IS s Microphone
through
Printing P250.00
MUST Research
Proponent Book P300.00
Research Analysis,
, School Binding August-
(MUsical
Finalization Completion
Head, Fuel P300.00 October
StoryTelling and SRC 2023
) Submission
Members,
and
SDRC
Proponent Snacks P1,000.0
Paper , School 0
Research Presentation Head,
Dissemination and SRC October
and Utilization Introduction of Members, Fuel 2023
Interview SDRC, P300
LRMD,
Teachers
Parents
Total Amount P4,350
VI. Cost Estimates
Activities Item Quantity Unit Unit Cost Total Amount

Description
Manuscript Bond Paper 1 Ream P300.00 P300.00
Writing Folders 5 Pcs P10.00 P50.00

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Load 2 Load P150.00 P300.00

Data Bond Paper 50 pcs P1.00 P50.00
Gathering Speaker w/ Mic 1 pc P1,500 P1,500
Research Bond Paper 1 Ream P300.00 P300.00
Analysis, Binding Material 1 pc P250.00 P250.00
Completion
and Fuel 4 Liters P75.00 P300.00
Submission
Paper Snacks 5 Pcs P200.00 P1,000
Presentation
and Fuel 4 Liters P75.00 P300.00
Introduction
of Interview
TOTAL P4,350.00
VII. Plans for Dissemination and Utilization

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Upon the completion of this research and after the final evaluation of the results by
the Division Research Evaluation Committee, the following activities will be conducted to
disseminate and utilize the results of the study.
Strategies Program Activities Tasks Resources Timeline

Physica Materials Financial
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Furnish a Researc Copy of P500.00 October
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Inform Printer
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VIII. References
Fatma Alkaaf | (2017) Perspectives of learners and teachers on implementing the

storytelling strategy as a way to develop story writing skills among middle
school students, Cogent Education, 4:1, 1348315, DOI:
10.1080/2331186X.2017.1348315
Sharma, Dami (2018) Action Research on Improving Students' Speaking Proficiency

in Using Cooperative Storytelling Strategy
Abdul Qudddus, Shaikh Ejaz Ahmed (2015) Improvement in Students' Speaking

Proficiency by Using Cooperative Storytelling Strategy-A study

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Enhancing Speaking Proficiency of Grade 8 Learners of A2IS through MUST (MUsical

“together we walk for the ilagUEño learners”

Republic of the Philippines

I. Introduction and Rationale

the ability of the learner’s speaking.

to speak in the early stage and be proficient speakers as it is a fundamental instrument

method or technique that can motivate them to speak.

Moreover, due to the Corona Virus Infectious Disease (COVID-19) pandemic,

“together we walk for the ilagUEño learners”

Republic of the Philippines

while some schools used Radio Based Instruction.

by the Corona Virus Infectious Disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Students’ Speaking

Proficiency in English became stagnant, their exposure in speaking activities became

are not used to speak to.

Furthermore, in pursuant to the DepEd Order No. 60 Series of 2008 Entitled

English Language As A Medium Of Instruction In The Educational, wherein English

“together we walk for the ilagUEño learners”

Republic of the Philippines

struggling to follow instructions due to poor comprehension.

Moreover, the Grade 8 students of Alinguigan 2nd Integrated School are

make practicing speaking English in the classroom interesting with appropriate

them practice opportunities for purposeful communication in meaningful situation.

In parallel to the studies conducted by Abdul Qudddus, Shaikh Ejaz Ahmed

Proficiency in Using Cooperative Storytelling Strategy, they both concluded on their

“together we walk for the ilagUEño learners”

Republic of the Philippines

twist. This action research proposal is designed to improve students’ speaking

proficiency by using Musical Storytelling Strategy. It is cooperative efforts of learners

to adapt this strategy but with some revision.

II. Research Questions

of Grade 8 learners in Speaking English specifically on the use of Cohesive Devices.

“together we walk for the ilagUEño learners”

Republic of the Philippines

Specifically, the study seeks to answer the following questions:

test scores after the implementation of MUST?

3. What is the effect size of significance of MUST in the skills of students in

Enhancing their Speaking Proficiency?

4. What are the challenges experienced by the respondents using MUST?

III. Proposed Innovation, Intervention, and Strategy

“together we walk for the ilagUEño learners”

Republic of the Philippines

general introduction and picture description. Their performance will be graded as

Criteria You made it! Just okay Try Again Score

researcher will now integrate Musical Storytelling in the teaching-learning process

“together we walk for the ilagUEño learners”

Republic of the Philippines

IV. Action Research Methods

students. Meanwhile, qualitative research will also be used in collecting students

experiences on the utilization of the intervention using phenomenology design.

a. Participants and/or other Sources of Data

The Sampling Purposive technique will be utilized to determine the number of

in this study considering the total number of enrollees in the school.

b. Data Gathering Methods

“together we walk for the ilagUEño learners”

Republic of the Philippines

will be culled from the modules and other speaking materials.

speaking test conducted, the researcher will now conduct teacher-parents

4.) Focus Group Discussions will also be employed to gather students

encountered challenges during the implementation.

solely for this study.