THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENGLISH AND ACCOUNTING PERFORMANCES OF IFSU ACCOUNTANCY STUDENTS

Internationally and nationally acknowledged and applied, the English language enables effective and efficient communication that prospers global and local interexchange. Particularly in the academe, it conducts educational activities that facilitate teaching and learning obligations and outcomes towards optimal scholastic transformation of teachers and learners. Remarkably in Ifugao State University (IFSU), the Accountancy Program of the College of Business and Management in IFSU-Lagawe campus utilizes English as the primary medium of instructing and learning. Conducted in English being itself difficult for students, the accounting education entails certain difficulty and density attributed to its heavy contents and high complexity. As such, this paper explores the relationship between English and Accounting performances, measured by grades, of IFSU Accountancy students who have been officially enrolled in the Accountancy Program from academic years 2013 to 2016. It determines that these students satisfactorily perform on the average. Applying t-test and regression for significance testing and Pearson's correlation coefficient for correlational testing, it also establishes that there is significant positive relationship between English and Accounting performances of IFSU Accountancy students. As such, it concludes that higher English performances are associated with higher Accounting performances. It then recommends that IFSU educational management provides optimal teaching and learning experiences that wholesomely engage students to proficiently apply English and to proactively master accounting towards excellent English and Accounting academic performances.