LINGUIST List 23.873 Mon Feb 20 2012 Diss: Psycholing/English: Tendero: 'Hemispheric Dominance and ...' Editor for this issue: Xiyan Wang <xiyanlinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Julieta Tendero , Hemispheric Dominance and Language Proficiency Levels in the Four Macro Skills of the Western Mindanao State University College Students Message 1: Hemispheric Dominance and Language Proficiency Levels in the Four Macro Skills of the Western Mindanao State University College Students Date: 16-Feb-2012 From: Julieta Tendero <juliet.tenderoyahoo.com> Subject: Hemispheric Dominance and Language Proficiency Levels in the Four Macro Skills of the Western Mindanao State University College Students E-mail this message to a friend Institution: Western Mindanao State University Program: PhD in English Language Teaching Dissertation Status: Completed Degree Date: 2000 Author: Julieta Balbin Tendero Dissertation Title: Hemispheric Dominance and Language Proficiency Levels in the Four Macro Skills of the Western Mindanao State University College Students Dissertation URL: http://works.bepress.com/wmsu_research_journal/ Linguistic Field(s): Psycholinguistics Subject Language(s): English (eng) Dissertation Director: Marlene Capacillo Tillah Julieta Ybañez Tabacug Dissertation Abstract: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between the hemispheric dominance (HD) and the English proficiency (EP) scores in the four macro skills of the Western Mindanao State University college students. It hypothesized that students' HD would have a significant correlation a) with their EP scores in listening, speaking, reading and writing, b) with their global EP score, c) with both the macro and global scores when respondents would be grouped according to age, gender and area of specialization. In this study, there were 240 respondents selected through purposive, stratified, and random sampling techniques from the 5,096 students of the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Education. Using the standardized HD Test, the standardized Listening and Reading Comprehension Tests, the researcher-made Speaking and Writing Skill Tests and Cloze Test and employing mainly the Pearson r for the statistical analysis, the study concluded: 1) that most of the students of the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Education of Western Mindanao State University were left-brained (74.6%); 2) that the students were 'good' in speaking, 'fair' in listening and writing skills but 'poor' in reading and in global English; 3) that there was no significant relationship between the students' hemisphericity and their EP scores in listening, speaking, reading, writing and global proficiency tests; and 4) that a significant relationship was shown between HD and EP scores when respondents were grouped according to age and area of specialization only. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 20-Feb-2012       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.