Factors Affecting the Reading Performance of the Students of Guinhawa Elementary School 2018-2019
Keywords:
attention, literacy, influenced, reading aloud, comprehension, collaboration, education, attitude, parents, literary worksAbstract
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this study is to find out the reasons behind the low-level reading performance among the pupils of Guinhawa Elementary School.
METHODS
The researchers administered survey form that served as the primary source of data. Factors were grouped in several fields such as social-economic factors of pupil's family, collaboration of a student and his/her family, student's reading out of school, student's reading at school profiling of the teachers that contributed to the problem.
RESULTS
The family factors could be as follows: parents' education and attitude towards education (in this case it is characterized by the number of books and encyclopedias at home). Students reading literacy is substantially influenced by collaboration of parents and children at the pre-school age. Students need time for reading to themselves quietly during the lessons; "more serious" literature has to be chosen.
DISCUSSIONS
The authors recommend parents to pay additional attention to early development of child's reading literacy during the pre-school age period and teachers to stimulate students reading full texts of literary works appropriate to the grade level and pay additional attention to promotion of reading outside the school.
