Undergraduate Thesis Bachelor of Secondary Education
Major in English
University of Rizal System, Rodriguez, Rizal
2013

This study aimed to develop, validate and determine the level of acceptability of Modules Based on the Novel "Oliver Twist" By Charles Dickens. Therefore, the researcher developed a module consisting of eighteen lessons based on the novel "Oliver Twist". This will serve as a supplementary instructional material in teaching English and American novel. The components of this modules were title, about the novel, the author, objectives, reading comprehension, comprehension check and learning activities. The contents of the modules were taken from the classics novel entitled "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens. This was conducted during the school year 2013-2014 at Montalban Heights National High School and University of Rizal System - Rodriguez Rizal both located at Montalban Rizal.

The respondents of the study were composed of two groups: 30 Third year high school students from Montalban Heights National High School whom the pretest and posttest were done and 11 English Teachers/Professors-6 from University of Rizal System Rodriguez and 4 from Montalban Heights National High School were requested to evaluate the module for acceptability.

The study sought to answer the question on the performance of the student-respondents for validation in terms of pretest and posttest based on the novel "Oliver Twist". The level of acceptability of the modules as perceived by the teacher/professor-respondents in terms of objectives, content, activities. presentation, language and style, creativity, assessment and evaluation. The null hypothesis on the perception of the two groups of respondents the student-respondents towards the acceptability of the said module was also tested.

The study made used of the experimental single group pretest posttest design and descriptive evaluative design wherein in the descriptive was used for evaluate the acceptability of the module while experimental single group pretest and posttest design to validate the module.

The instrument used in the study were the 70-item teacher-made test and a questionnaire checklist used to evaluate the acceptability of the modules in terms of objectives, content, activities, organization, creativity, style and presentation, and evaluation. On the level of performance of the student-respondents in the prelest and posttest, it was shown that the mean score increased from 23.23 to 41.63.

On the significant difference on the performance of the student-respondents in the pretast and posttest, the null hypotheses were rejected since the P-value of 0.00 is less than 0.05 level of significance.

On the acceptability as evaluated by the teacher respondents, the proposed modules garnered the following weighted means; 4.17 for Objectives, 4.32 for Contents: 4.357 for Activities; 4.325 for Organization; 4.3625 for Creativity: 4.38 for Style and Presentation; and 4.4 for Evaluation

Based on the summary of findings, the following conclusions were ascertained. The used of developed modules in literature improved students' parformance. The student-respondents leamed after they were exposed to the modules. There is a significant difference between the mean scores of the students in the pretest and the posttest. The developed modules were evaluated as "Very Acceptable", hence, they can be used as a supplementary instructional material in teaching literature.

The study recommends the following: Consider the idea of utilizing modules as instructional materials for the advancement of the students in terms in academic performances and knowledge: the researchers is encouraging to the future researchers to conduct a similar or related fields to test the acceptability of the modules in English and American Novel.