Students’ Skill Level on Language Usage in Relation to English Performance

The performance of the freshmen students in the tertiary level can be ascribed to several factors. How students perform in their Differential Aptitude Test on Language Usage can be attributed with their English performance. This study determines the relationship between the students’ skill level on Language Usage and English performance among forty seven freshmen students in the College of Business, Entrepreneurship and Accountancy of the Cagayan State University Andrews Campus, 2nd Semester of the Academic Year 2013–2014. The result of the study shows that the students’ skill level on Language Usage is directly proportional to their English performance. It means that students who got high score in the Differential Aptitude Test on Language Usage are the students who usually excel in English subject. Second, it can also be concluded that the English performance of block L can be used as predictors in their performance in any test they take like the DAP-Language Usage.