Research Objectives
· To determine the socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents;
· To know how the Liberal Arts students perform based on the factors enumerated; and
· To know the factors that affects the academic performance of Liberal Arts Major in English students.
Introduction Operational Definition of Terms
Academic performance Academic performance refers to how students deal with their studies and how they cope with or accomplish different tasks given to them by their teachers. Academic performance is the ability to study and remember facts and being able to communicate your knowledge verbally or down on paper. It is the ability to test your knowledge and how you handle such performance. Some factors that affects the academic performance of L.A English students are family, friends, everyday or environmental influence, personal influence, social influence, social media, absentism, habits, extracurricular activities, etc.
Family
Family refers to the basic unit of the community. It is the foundation in which the student grows in. The family is responsible for teaching the student good manners, right conduct, etiquette and etc. Family is composed of father, mother, brothers and/or sisters. It is a group of people related to each other.
Everyday/Environmental Influence Environmental influence is the influence on the student by his or her environment, whether people are treating him well or not, whether the environment is healthy and good for the growth of a student. Environmental influence concerns the behavior of the students in dealing with the society or with the community he or she is living in.
Factors
Factors are the things which has to be taken into account or which affects the course of events in the said study.
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