Verbal Outcomes Improvement Through Competency Enhancement (VOICE) Learning Program

Educational innovations are continually developed to address challenges of improving learning. One which is put into test in this study is the Verbal Outcomes Improvement through Competency Enhancement (VOICE) learning program which is structured on the perspectives of design thinking, task-based and collaborative learning. Involving graduate students of a state university located in Cagayan Valley, Philippines, this experimental study divulged the performance of the students using Quality Point Index along the components of the learning program as pair work (1.73), digital activity (1.72), both qualitatively categorized as very good; while along oral examination (2.17), action research (2.15) and forum (2.07), good. The study further proved that the learning program is effective in improving students’ oral language proficiency along pragmatic and strategic competence yielding computed p-values less than the set level of significance of 0.05, except along organizational competence with computed p-value of 0.5177. The results handed substantial standpoints on assessing oral language skills, developing and utilization of the VOICE learning program in language subjects and management of communication in an organization.

Keywords – competency enhancement, learning program, oral language proficiency, verbal outcomes