School Intensive Remediation on Reading Enrichment (SIR oRE)

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Reading comprehension has been highlighted as a problem among Grade 7 students of Taywanak National High School. Many students have difficulty in comprehending text based on the result of the previous CIP project (SMILEY) conducted in the said school. Great emphasis is placed on content awareness and speed and accuracy. According to William (1984), he defines reading as a process whereby one looks at and understands what has been written. Rohani Ariffin (1992:1) in her book entitled Anthropology of Poetry for Young People, defines reading as a highly personal activity that is mainly done silently, alone. There is a clear understanding that reading is something related to the activity of acquiring information and it is done either silently or aloud.

Reading is an interactive process between the reader and the writer. For some students reading comprehension does come easily, however this contradicts to the result of the NAT (National Achievement Test) and from the feedbacks of the teachers of the subjects where the medium of instruction is English (Science and Technology, Mathematics, TLE, and MAPEH). If they cannot comprehend the basic of the text, still the reading performance will remain in the frustration level.

METHODS

The study used descriptive and sampling method. Through PHIL-IRI (pre-test) oral and silent reading materials, students who fell under frustration level undergone reading remediation activity. The results were monitored in the conduct of PHIL-IRI (post-test) oral and silent reading.

RESULTS

The grade 7 students who went under remediation on reading enrichment were improved in 1.) content awareness 2.) speed and accuracy. This is reflected in the result in the PHIL-IRI (pre-test and post-test) silent and oral reading. Improvement in the comprehending of text in the different subjects were observed.

DISCUSSIONS

In analyzing on the results of this project, the School Intensive Remediation on Reading Enrichment forGrade 7 Students (SIR oRE) improved their skills in comprehending the text they encountered in different subjects. While most results indicated positive gains, it would be necessary for the teachers to reinforce the reading activity regularly to ensure the good performance in terms of reading comprehension.