Language comprehensibility in learner diaries of college freshman students in Kalinga-State College (KASC)

This research was conducted to analyze the language comprehensibility in learner diaries of college freshman students of Kalinga-Apayao State College (KASC). Specifically, it determined the level of comprehensibility of deviant sentences among students as reflected in their diaries. This is a descriptive research which consisted of 293 students in the five (5) institutes of Kalinga-Apayao State College (KASC), Tabuk City, Kalinga, Philippines.

Findings are: (a.) as regards comprehensibility of deviant sentences, the panel of judges consisting of five (5) English teachers assessed the sentences with a mean of 3.11 interpreted as “comprehensible”. The hypothesis that the students’ deviant sentences were “highly comprehensible” is rejected. (b.) Statistically, the English teachers differed in their assessment of the deviant sentences, hence the hypothesis that English teacher's differed in their assessment of deviant sentences is accepted. (c.) !mong institutes, judged “very comprehensible” deviant sentences were from ITE and IBAE with means of 3.45 and 3.35, respectively. !ssessed as “comprehensible” were from the institutes of IAF (3.21) and IEAT (2.77) and IAS (2.75).