GRAMMATICAL, DISCOURSE COMPETENCE AND PRODUCTIVE SKILLS AMONG FIRST YEAR ESL LEARNERS

The study examines the grammatical, discourse, and productive competence of first-year ESL students enrolled in College Arts Sciences at Carig Campus Cagayan State University second semester academic year 2021. It looked specifically respondent profile factors like sex, parents` highest level education, type high school they graduated from, ethnicity, media exposure that may help explain differences student-respondents' levels grammatical discourse competence, writing speaking skills. According to study's findings, respondents' overall was graded as "average," their ability "competent," "sufficient good." Furthermore, a substantial correlation between parental education discovered. Speaking skill were only accounted by course, whereas variants not explained any variables. findings also reveal is highly connected with skill, significantly correlated skill.