INTERNAL CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS OF THE NEW NORMAL LEARNING MODALITIES' STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES IN DEVELOPING MACRO SKILLS OF GRADE 8 STUDENTS.

Background: The two distance learning modalities-online and modular, differ in terms of how learning is made to happen without face-toface interaction. In Online Distance Learning (ODL), teaching and learning take place through video calls by using online platforms such as Google Meet and Zoom. The researchers decided to conduct the study with the hopes of helping the schools, especially teachers, to improve the development of macro skills among students by providing appropriate activities aligned with their learning styles and preferences without compromising the standards and competencies set upon by DepEd and MELCs. Methods: As quantitative research, it used survey questionnaires and interviews as data-gathering tools to assess, describe and differentiate the impacts of new normal learning modalities on developing macro skills. Using concurrent nested design, data gathered using descriptivecomparative survey method used was embedded to supplement the data gathered from multivariate analysis as the quantitative procedure. Result: In terms of competency development, reading and writing skills are mostly developed regardless of the learning modality. Students in Modular Distance Learning, on the other hand, are not as developed in speaking and listening because their primary source of learning was through answering activities in their modules, with no learning interaction or engagement. Conclusion: Many students under MDL find the learning experience in such modality as nonhelpful when it comes to developing their macro skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]