Republic of the Philippines

CABUYAO INTEGRATED NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region IV – A CALABARZON
Division of Laguna
District of Cabuyao

Cabuyao Integrated National High School

Limcaoco, Brgy. 3 Cabuyao City of Laguna

IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA CHATTING TO THE COMMUNICATING SKILLS

OF SELECTED GRADE 10 STUDENTS OF CABUYAO INTEGRATED NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL

Presented to:
English teachers of Cabuyao Integrated National High School

In Partial Fulfillment of the requirement for English Project

By:
Gecalao, Trihcia
Medallon, Trisha

Cebujano, Sofia Andria

Cando, Karla Monique
Cestina, Catherine
Faustino, Marjori
Barrientos, Rencie

To:
Mrs. Vinalay
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CHAPTER 1: THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

1.1 Background of the study

The Social Media Chatting or Online Chatting is one of the communicating ways that
uses apps, websites, and other advanced technologies. There are various Social Media
websites that can be used in communicating or chatting, including; Facebook Messenger,
WeChat, Viber, Skype, Snapchat etc. Social Media Chatting can be dangerous or useful. The
advantage of this way of communicating is; it can make communicating convenient and
easier. While the disadvantage is; it can cause addiction and emotional devastation especially
to teenagers who usually communicate using Social Media. Social Media Chatting is more
essential if people will understand to use it in an appropriate way rather than using it to harm
and intimidate people. The students need to learn to use this in seldom times to prevent
addiction. Consider communicating in an old and traditional to build mutual trust to others
especially to families and friends.
The researchers chose this topic to help the teenagers boost the communicating skills using
other way than using Social Media Chat.

1.2 Statement of the problem

The main purpose of the study is to determine the Impact of Chatting by the use of
different Social Media.

There are many Social Media users around the world. Some consider Social Media as
the best way to communicate. Are the students ever considered how Social Media changed
the way the users communicate. Chatting is now common to everyone including the Grade
10 students of Cabuyao Integrated National High School. It makes communicating easier.
But have the users ever noticed the change that is happening today. Most of the Grade 10
students of Cabuyao Integrated National High School use Social Media Chat to communicate
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to their friends and family. However, this way of communicating may lead students in a bad
or a good influence.

The researchers chose this topic to identify how the Social Media Chatting affects the
communicating skills of Grade 10 students of Cabuyao National High School.

Specifically this aims to answer the following questions.

1. Does Chatting have a major influence in communicating skills among Cabuyao

Integrated National High School Grade 10 students
2. What are the effects of Chatting in communication skills in terms of:
 Pronunciation
 Orthography
 Comprehension

1.3 Significance of the study

In this Research the readers would be benefited because the readers would easily finds
out the Impacts of Social Media Chatting to the Communicating Skills, The Readers would
easily know the advantages and disadvantages of using Social Media Chatting.

This study will be beneficial to the following:

 Students
The results will provide the students with some knowledge on effects of Social
Media Chatting and how it can be avoided. It will give the students a realization that
too much usage of Social Media Chatting is not beneficial. At the end of this study,
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the Grade 10 students would finally know why Social Media Chatting have been a
major impact to the society
 Teachers
The given data would guide the teachers on what to do with the students that
use Social Media Chat. The teachers would be able to understand on why some
students use Social Media Chat every time and later on, help them.
 Parents
Like the teachers, the parents too will understand why their children use Social Media
Chat always through the given data. The given data would help them formulate some
preventive measures to help their children from too much using Social Media Chat. The
findings would also help them learn the actions of their children.

1.6 Assumptions of the study

There is a big strong Impact to the Communicating Skills

The study will be based on the following assumptions:

1. The researchers presumed that the respondents would be a reliable source of information
that would make this study a success.

2. The researchers assumed that the respondents would be honest in answering the given
questionnaires.

3. The researchers assumed that this study will be able to give a capability in understanding
the proper use of Social Media Chatting.

4. The researchers are expecting that this research would be able to deeply explain the
purpose of the study to its respondents.
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5. The Researchers are expecting that the interviewees will answer the questions seriously
and accurately, The Respondents would rate the questions truthfully.

6. The Researchers are expecting too that the research result would be helpful to open the
readers mind about the Impact of too much usage of Social Media Chatting.

1.3 Scope and limitations of the study

This study deals mainly to the Impact of Social Media Chatting. This study seeks to
know if Social Media Chatting has a big Impact to the Communicating Skills of selected
students.
The Research focused in the Cabuyao Integrated National High School, The
Researchers chose selected Grade 10 students respondents to answer the given set of
questionnaires. Afterwards the researchers assess the answers of the respondents, the
researchers gathered the information, analyze it and then Evaluate.

1.4 Definition of terms

The Researchers create a three variables that the researchers think maybe get much
affected to the respondents Communicating Skills in using Social Media Chatting this are:
Pronunciation, Orthography and Comprehension, this variables are the ones that the
researchers think could help to define the problem.
Social Media - websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to
participate in social networking.
Chatting - Is another way of communicating through Social Media.
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Applications - A mobile app is a software program you can download and access directly
using your phone or another mobile device, like a tablet or music player. Examples are:
Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Viber, Skype, etc.
Cellular Phone - A telephone which you can use to communicate, play games, listen to a
music, etc.

Websites - a location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages on the
World Wide Web.

CHAPTER 2: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

This chapter includes the review of related literature and studies which the researchers
have thoroughly examined about the topic under study.

2.1 Foreign literature

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Shiela Allan (2012) pointed out in her article the “Positive Impact of Internet of
Communicating Skills”. This discussed that the internet is a powerful tool that is
revolutionizing children learning in communication and playing. If properly used, the
internet allows children to socialize with other children through the use of email, chat rooms,
and instant messaging increasing the development of communication and social skills. As
children use the internet to connect with places around the world exchange mail electronic
with pen pals, they are able to share different cultures and tradition.
This literature is closely related to the current study for it directly mentions the role of
internet specially websites to enhance individuals’ communication and social skills. The
present study like the article reviewed aims to establish a connection to the various websites
used by the students and their impact on their communication skills.

2.2 Local Literature

According to Rejie D. Astodello article, TABUK CITY, Kalinga – People all over the
world have been enjoying the benefits of using technology nowadays. In the past,
communicating and free sharing of thought between people are restricted by long distance,
race, and even religion. But now these barriers can no longer stop the flow of information
and knowledge because now the new world of social networking allows free sharing of
thoughts through online social networking sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and
the like.

Since students are highly motivated to using social media sites the majority of them use
these to satisfy their social needs more than their academic needs. They have the freedom to
do whatever they want – they can upload or download data, they can make new friends and
comment on other people’s lives, and they can even create other online identities the real
world does not allow. It has been observed too that the majority of the students nowadays,
particularly those in the secondary level, spend most of their time chatting with their
acquaintances, playing online games, and watching videos instead of reading their lessons,
making their assignments, and other academic requirements. The main reason is when they
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work or search their materials online they get attracted to social networking sites to kill
boredom during study time, diverting their attention from their work. The darker side of this
that has gained the attention of many parents is that some students are getting lazier and are
no longer interested in going to school. This is probably due to being extensively indulged to
get global access and therefore leading them to perform less academically.

Rejie D. Astodello have observed from his Grades 7 and 8 students at the Tabuk City
National High School the same positive and negative impact of using social media inside and
outside the classroom. Astodello found these social sites helpful when one time he needed to
communicate with his students, reminding them of their assignments and urgent
requirements. In addition, Astodello also used these social sites to refer his students to
helpful resources that could fetch them higher grades in academics. Astodello tried to
encourage the students, particularly the teens with gadgets having internet facilities, to use it
to supplement their researches in the library rather than the usual chatting with friends all the
time.

According to a survey conducted by Pew Research Center, as of 2015 the largest social
networking company, Facebook for example, has 1.49 billion active users and the number
ofusers is increasing every year. As part of the said survey, 72 percent of high school

students and 78 percent college students spend time on these social networking sites –
Facebook,

Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Viber, E-mail, etc. These numbers evidently indicate how
much the student community is involved in this virtual world of networking. Students prefer
social media sites as reliable sources of information because everything is a package. A
research conducted by Gagne sometime in 2003 defined media in general as some kind of
components in a students’ environment that can stimulate them to study better. Researchers
also found that the use of some types of social media has beneficial effects to students, not
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only on their academic needs but also to help them establish a sense of identity and build and
enhance networking skills.

2.3 Foreign studies

Thithongkam (2011) conducted a study about the development of English writing

skills using communicative skills exercises on the internet. The researcher results indicated
that communicative exercises in the internet supported improving students’ writing skills,
and assisted 99 percent of the samples to pass the course based on the university criteria.
Based on the information from student behavior observation, it indicated that students had
better motivation in studying English, and always perform writing skills. The learning
effectiveness is significant at the level of .05. Satisfaction with studying English after using
communicative exercise was positive. The student satisfaction with learning English after
using communicative exercises on the internet was at the level of strong satisfaction
(mean=4.319) or 86.38 percent.
This is similar to the present study because it both discussed the benefits that the
students get from usingthe Internet in their studies. It showed the improvement on the
communication skills of the students mafter performing difeerent exercises on the Internet.

Most of the communication on social media is very informal. Spelling and grammar is not
important most of the time. People write in short forms as log as the message is received.

This make it difficult for those who use it for communication to write properly where official
language is required such as when applying for a job.

At the same time, people only type on their keyboard or use pictures. This may make it
difficult for one to give a formal speech in front of an audience since one may develop a
challenge of inability to pronounce certain words or articulate themselves properly.
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2.4 Local studies

According to Edu Lopez, instant messaging (IM) has emerged as the most popular
messaging tool in Southeast Asia (SEA), with IM usage increasing and SMS decreasing
across the board except in the Philippines. A mobile consumer survey of consulting firm
Deloitte revealed that 73 percent of Filipinos still prefer to use SMS but 33 percent of those
who use IM turn to Facebook messenger instead of pure over-the-top (OTT) IM services to
communicate. The survey showed that 94 percent of Filipino IM users use Facebook
messenger, an app that has been downloaded three times more than Skype and 10 times more
than WhatsApp in the country.
The popularity of IM will continue to hold in the region, with Filipinos finding it a
convenient option for chatting with friends and family overseas.

CHAPTER 3: METHOD AND PROCEDURES

This chapter presents the methods to be used in the study. It also describes the subjects of the
study, the instruments used, and the procedure of data gathering.

3.1 Description of Research Instrument

The following instruments will be used on the conduct of the research:

1. Questionnaires - The questionnaire will be used to assess the students in answering

the statements that were given.
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2. Respondents – The respondents will be used to check the statement of problems
honestly.

3.2 Data Gathering Procedure

The study would be secured by the researcher from Cabuyao, City of Laguna. After
which the researcher will go to selected section of the school and personally distribute the
questionnaire to the students. The questionnaires will be scored, tallied, and tabulated.

3.3 Statistical Treatment Applied

To interpret the gathered data, the students will use the following:
1.) Percentage, arithmetic mean, and standard deviations to describe the profile of the
respondents
2.) Test of difference between paired observations/groups

3.4 Method of Research

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