February 27, 2013 Miss Venmar V.

Ruanto Principal IV, Quezon National High School Lucena City Dear Miss Ruanto: Greetings of peace! Thesis writing is one of the crucial tasks of being a student in college.It is the climax of the attainment of ones knowledge and pursuance. In connection with this, the undersigned would like to ask permission from your office to conduct the thesis study entitled Performance Tasks in English promoting Universal Design for Learning among Second Year High School Students among Public and Private Schools. This study has the following objectives: a) to identify the performance tasks in English among second year students given by the teachers; b) to determine the behavior of the students toward the tasks, and; c) the competencies of the students in language learning regarding about their skills in speaking, writing, reading comprehension, and use of multimedia resources. May I request five (5) second year high school students as my respondents for an interview and the sections of ESEP A, B, and C as representatives for the entire second year high school students to answer my questionnaires. I would also like to request three (3) English teachers for the interview regarding about the tasks given to their students. The interviews and answering of the questionnaires would be conducted within March 4 to March 8, 2013. I am looking forward for your positive response with this humble request. Thank you and God bless. Sincerely yours,

MA. CARLETH ANDREA N. TENORIO Researcher Noted by,

Dr. ENRIQUETA E. ALCOREZA Thesis Adviser, Maryhill College

Approved by,

Miss VENMAR V. RUANTO Principal IV, Quezon National High School Lucena City

February 27, 2013 Rev. Fr. Edwin V. Baruelo Principal/Director Maryhill College Lucena City Dear Fr. Baruelo: Greetings of peace! Thesis writing is one of the crucial tasks of being a student in college. It is the climax of the attainment of ones knowledge and pursuance. In connection with this, the undersigned would like to ask permission from your office to conduct the thesis study entitled Performance Tasks in English promoting Universal Design for Learning among Second Year High School Students among Public and Private Schools. This study has the following objectives: a) to identify the performance tasks in English among second year students given by the teachers; b) to determine the behavior of the students toward the tasks, and; c) the competencies of the students in language learning regarding about their skills in speaking, writing, reading comprehension, and use of multimedia resources. May I request fifteen (15) second year high school students as my respondents for an interview and 98 students as representatives for the entire second year high school students to answer my questionnaires. I would also like to request two (2) English teachers for the interview regarding about the tasks given to their students. The interviews and answering of the questionnaires would be conducted within March 11 to March 13, 2013. I am looking forward for your positive response with this humble request. Thank you and God bless. Sincerely yours,

MA. CARLETH ANDREA N. TENORIO Researcher Noted by,

Dr. ENRIQUETA E. ALCOREZA Thesis Adviser, Maryhill College

Approved by, Rev. Fr. EDWIN V. BARUELO Principal/Director Maryhill College, Lucena City