Motivation in Understanding Figure of Speech in Poetry and the Performance in English Subject of Junior High School

• Author(s): Kirstine Karen B. Perez ; Sonia S. Cadawas, Ed. D.
• Paper ID: 1709769
• Page: 1045-1053
• Published Date: 25-07-2025
• Published In: Iconic Research And Engineering Journals
• Publisher: IRE Journals
• e-ISSN: 2456-8880
• Volume/Issue: Volume 9 Issue 1 July-2025

Abstract

Worldwide, COVID-19 has caused school closures. As a result, there have been drastic changes in education, including the advent of e-learning, which involves teaching remotely and through digital platforms. Teachers and students can interact, present course materials, and communicate with each other in a virtual classroom, an online teaching and learning environment. The main way that a virtual class was different was that it was held in a live, synchronous setting. Although an online course may include pre-recorded asynchronous content, the nature of the digital platform enables real-time teacher-student interaction. In order to enable student learning, the researcher had developed a new strategy, which was her own project, in that this project was viable for virtual teaching. This study was conducted to assess the Motivation in Understanding Figure of Speech in Poetry and the Performance in the English Subject of Junior High School at Paete Science and Business College, Inc. in Paete, Laguna, S.Y. 2021-2022. The researcher used the educational research experimental design. A unique method known as the FLIP (Figurative Language in Poetry) project was used to collect data from 20 respondents who were Grade 8 Philippians students, utilizing a self-made summative test as a pre-test and post-test. According to the survey, the majority of the 20 respondents were female, and the parents of the majority of the respondents had college degrees, while some had just completed high school or college. Additionally, the respondents said that studying English was engaging since it was beneficial and significant. The study also found that respondents' level of Performance in the English subject during the pre-test was below expectations, while they performed very well in the post-test, where they achieved excellent levels. This means that the researcher's own strategy, the FLIP project, successfully made the study possible, and the respondents eventually learned and understood the lesson. At the beginning of the study, the respondents were not really well informed about the lessons, although most of them were motivated. On the other hand, the implementation of the FLIP project made it easier for them to learn and understand the lessons that made them highly motivated at the end of the study. This implies that the performance levels of the English subjects before and after the test were significantly correlated. Furthermore, it was shown that their drive to understand figures of speech in poetry and their performance in the junior high school English course differed in a significantly significant way.

Citations

IRE Journals:
Kirstine Karen B. Perez , Sonia S. Cadawas, Ed. D. "Motivation in Understanding Figure of Speech in Poetry and the Performance in English Subject of Junior High School" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals Volume 9 Issue 1 2025 Page 1045-1053

IEEE:
Kirstine Karen B. Perez , Sonia S. Cadawas, Ed. D. "Motivation in Understanding Figure of Speech in Poetry and the Performance in English Subject of Junior High School" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, 9(1)