GRADE 7 STUDENTS PERCEPTIONS’ ON THE UTILIZATION OF NEW MEDIA IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING

This study aimed to determine the Grade 7 Students Perceptions' on the Utilization of Never-Ending World Media in English Language Learning.This study used a descriptive research design which utilized the research skills to collect necessary data.Specifically, it sought answers to the following questions: (1) What is the level of NEW Media Utilization in terms of Extrinsic Indicators with regards to Availability and Genre?; (2) What is the level of NEW Media Utilization in terms of Extrinsic Indicator with regards to Exposure?; (3) What is the level of NEW Media Utilization in terms of Intrinsic Indicators with regards to Interactive Communication, Comprehension, and Usage Expertise?; (4) What is the level of English Language Learning in terms of English Language Proficiency Test with regards to Vocabulary Proficiency, Writing Skills, and Communication Skills?; (5) Is there a significant difference on the NEW Media Utilization in terms of Extrinsic Indicators with regards to Availability and Genre?; (6) Is there a significant relationship between NEW Media Utilization in terms of Extrinsic Indicators with regards to Exposure and English Language Learning of students?; and (7) Is there a significant relationship between NEW Media Utilization in terms of Intrinsic Indicators and English Language Learning of students?Forty-three (43) selected students from Grade 7, S. Y. 2022-2023 were requested to serve as respondents to answer the researchers' self-made questionnaire.The statistical treatments used in this study were Frequency and Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, Chi-Square, and Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient.Based on the average frequency (30) and percentage (87.21%), the NEW media platforms (e.g., Facebook, TikTok, Twitter and Vlogs) were found highly available to the students.Moreover, as evidenced by a high average frequency (25.6) and percentage (59.43%),students were found highly interested to the different NEW media genres.Then, students are found moderately exposed to NEW Media since it was found that most of the students were exposed for 2 to 5 hours.With regards to intrinsic indicators, with a weighted mean of 3.51, the researcher found that students have high interactive communication; with a weighted mean of 4.02, students have high comprehension; and with a weighted mean of 4.41, students have very high usage expertise.In line with English language learning, students were found to have very satisfactory vocabulary proficiency since most of the students have a raw score of 7-8.99; students have satisfactory writing skills since most of the students have a raw score of 5 -6.99; and students have very satisfactory communication skills since most of the students have a raw score of 7 -8.99.Lastly, it was found that there is a significant difference in availability and partial significant difference in genre.While students' exposure to NEW media has no significant relationship to their English language learning.And students' interactive communication, comprehension and usage expertise have a significant relationship to their writing skills and communication skills.While no significant relationship was found between these intrinsic indicators and students' vocabulary proficiency.