A PATH ANALYSIS ON ORAL COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES, SPEAKING ANXIETY AND STRATEGIC COMPETENCE OF STUDENTS

This study determined the significant influence of oral communication strategies and speaking anxiety on the strategic competence of students. The descriptive-correlational research design was utilized in this study. Using stratified random sampling, 300 college students in a State College in Mati City, Davao Oriental,were determined as respondents of the study and were given survey questionnaires. The experts validated the adapted instruments and were used to obtain data from the respondents during the survey. The data were analyzed using the Mean, Pearson r, and Path Analysis. The level of oral communication strategies of the respondents was very high, while the level of speaking anxiety was moderate. On the other hand, the students strategic competence level was high. Furthermore, results showed a significant relationship between oral communication strategies and strategic competence and between speaking anxiety and strategic competence. Moreover, it was found that both oral communication strategies and speaking anxiety significantly predict strategic competence thus, oral communication strategies and speaking anxiety significantly influenced strategic competence.