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English speaking is the language of business globally, therefore, having a high level of English will open doors to more job opportunities and making an attractive employee to companies. The study aimed to find out the English adaptation of Bachelor of Secondary Education English major graduates at Davao City Call Centers. Specifically, the study sought to determine the following sub-problems which are the level of English Proficiency level of BSEd-English Graduates before they become call center agents in terms of grammar, sentence mastery, vocabulary, pronunciation, and fluency; the English Proficiency level of BSEd-English Graduates during their employment as call center agents in terms of grammar, sentence mastery, vocabulary, pronunciation, and fluency; the significant differences in the mean scores of each of the five (5) English Proficiency parameters before and during employment of the BSEd-English graduates as call center agents. An English Proficiency Test and TOEFL test for teacher were utilized as the research instrument in the gathering data which contain items adapted and modified from various English proficiency test and TOEFL test for teachers' which suit to the level of the teachers. Test of English as a Foreign Language known as TOEFL test is a standardized test to measure the English Language ability of non-native speakers to evaluate the English speaking and understanding ability of a speaker. Based on the data gathered and analyzed, the. The findings showed that before the employment of the BSE-English as call center agents their English proficiency level in grammar was good as revealed by the mean score of 11.80, in sentence mastery their English proficiency level was also good as indicated by the mean score of 11.80. moreover, in vocabulary their English proficiency level was also good as justified by the mean score of 11.20, in pronunciation their English proficiency level is very good as proven by the mean score of 4.93, and in fluency their proficiency level was also very good as stated by the mean score of 4.53. Moreover, during the employment of the BSEd-English graduates as call center agents their English proficiency levels in the following language areas are the following; in grammar their proficiency level is very good as revealed by the mean score of 13.25, in sentence mastery their proficiency level is also very good as justified by the score of 12.80in vocabulary their proficiency level is also very good with the mean score of 13.40, in pronunciation their proficiency level is also very good with the mean score of 5.46, and in fluency their proficiency level is also very good as proven by the mean score of 5.40. In the study, the results show that there are significant differences between the students' English proficiency before and during their employment as call center agents: in grammar the computed t-value is 4.460. In sentence mastery the computed t-value is 4.365, in vocabulary the computed t-value is 5.662, in pronunciation the computed t-value is 5.112, and in fluency the computed t-value is 4.203 which are all higher than the tabular t-value of ≠2.145. The study was concluded that the employment of BSEd-English graduate to call centers has positively contributed to the English adaptation of the respondents. Further, it is concluded that the employment of respondents to the call centers has improved their English proficiency level in grammar, vocabulary, sentence mastery, pronunciation and fluency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
