Abstract
This study determined the relationship of socio-demographic profile, social media platforms and spelling proficiency level among Teacher Education students in Franciscan College of the Immaculate Conception Baybay Leyte Incorporated. The spelling proficiency level is categorized into Independent/Mastery, Instructional and Frustration level. A personally-designed survey questionnaire and interview sheet were utilized to gather the needed data from 174 Teacher Education students. Percentage, frequency count, weighted mean, Chi-square test, T-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were utilized. Results revealed that most of the respondents come from families of Class E socio-economic classification, but still has access to gadgets. The spelling proficiency level of most of the respondents belong to Frustration Level with the mean percentage of 60.17%. From 100 words, 32 words were commonly misspelled which means 100 respondents and above misspelled these words. Significant relationship in terms of FB & Instagram Users, Age and Proficiency Level and FB, Twitter & Instagram Users and Occupation of Mother were revealed. Results also show that there is a high significant relationship among FB, Twitter & Instagram Users, Age and Proficiency Level. A proposed module is designed to enhance the spelling skill proficiency level of the Teacher Education students.
