This study seeks to determine the effect of contextualized clues approach, on the linguistic performance of grade 8 students. This study made use of the quasi experimental research design which was a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Non-equivalent design was a good design when the researcher had access to one group for experimentation (Vockel 1983). The researcher opted to use this design because the subjects of the study were intact group of learners. This study was conducted in Sta. Cruz National High School, Division of Davao Del Sur. The subjects of this study were the 88 grade eight pupils – 42 were from section A which was the controlled group and 46 were from section B which were the experimental group. The composition of these two sections was homogeneous. Both learners from sections A and B had identical grades. This study made use of the non-random assignment of subjects where all learners of both sections A and B were involved as subjects of the study. This study revealed that the utilization of contextualized clues has increased the academic performance of grade eight students in language class. It also revealed that there is magnitude of difference between the post test scores of the controlled and experimental groups.