LEVEL OF ENGLISH PROFICIENCY OF SELECTED SECOND YEAR NURSING STUDENTS OF FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY - NICANOR REYES MEDICAL FOUNDATION BASED ON READING AND WRITING SKILLS.

ABSTRACT: As the institution continues to aim at expounding the fullest potential of the future nursing students at hand, English proficiency becomes another area to work on. The Filipino nurses hired abroad have been required of another necessity, which is-being proficient in using the English language. This study specifically attempted to measure the ability of the respondents to comprehend short stories written in English, as well as to identify errors in the construction of a sentence as far as grammar is concerned. The study also obtained information regarding the previous academic grades of the students last semester in English, as well as the type of school they graduated from, whether private or public so as to correlate the scores with their academic standing. The researchers used simple random sampling which resulted to having more female respondents as well as those from private schools. In the end, the study showed that more female respondents achieved a higher mark against the selected male population. Also, a larger percentage of public school graduates attained better marks. In the end, still almost half of the population was able to pass.

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