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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Glory to God, Our Almighty Father, for His mercy and love, courage
and strength, guidance and assistance throughout this journey that has
enabled for me to successfully complete this research.

I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude and sincere

appreciation to our Practical Research teacher, Ms. Divine Padillo
Samejom, for sharing the knowledge and wisdom to learn from this subject,
for providing me with the opportunity to conduct this research, for guiding
me through all stages of writing this project, for encouraging me to complete
this work, and for supporting me in conducting this research. I'd also like to
thank her for her patience, consideration, and understanding toward me.

I am grateful to my family, To Mr. & Mrs. Sabordo, the

researcher’s parents, for their unending support, patience, advice, and
guidance. Also, to my friends, and classmate for their support and
encouragement which motivated me to pursue this study. I would like to
express my gratitude to my respondents for their assistance in completing
our research study. Especially, thanks to the family of Gumbao for their
collaboration and hard work in making this possible. people: not have done
it without the assistance of these people; their contributions to the
completion of my study are acknowledged and valued.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Acknowledgement………………………………………………………………….. ii

Table of content………………………………………………………………………iii

CHAPTER I: THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND…………………….. 1

Introduction………………………………………………………………….. 1

Statement of the Problem………………………………………………….. 2

Scope and Limitations……………………………………………………… 3

Significance of the Study……………………………………….………….. 3

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE………………………… 5

Related Literature………………………………………………………….. 5

Related Studies……………………………………………………………. 8

Conceptual Framework…………………………………………………… 10

Definition of terms…………………………………………………………. 13

Hypothesis………………………………………………………………….. 13

Synthesis of the Study…………………………………………………….. 14

CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY………………………………………………… 15

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 Research Design…………………………………………………………… 15

Sampling Procedure and Sample………………………………………… 15

Materials…………………………………………………………………….. 17

Procedures…………………………………………………………………. 17

Data Gathering Method…………………………………………………… .17

Data Gathering Procedure……………………………………………… …19

CHAPTER IV: PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF

DATA…………………………………………………………...21

CHAPTER V: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION…….. 27

Summary of Findings……………………………………………………….. 27

Conclusion…………………………………………………………………… 28

Recommendation……………………………………………………………. 28

REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………. 30

APPENDICES………………………………………………………………………. 35

A. Instruments………………………………………………………………. 35
B. Questionnaires……………………………………………….………….. 75
C. Letter to The Future Researcher…………………………….………… 77
D. Curriculum Vitae………………………………………….…….……….. 78

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