Using Interventions: Its Implications on Reading Comprehensionof Grade Six Learners

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The main purpose of this action research is to determine the implications of using interventions on the reading comprehension of Grade 6 learners in Gatid Elementary School, District of Santa Cruz for the School Year 2018-2019. Specifically, it aims to amplify the reading comprehension skills of the learners in order to raise their reading performance level. The researcher conducted an action research to prove that using interventions is one way improve the reading comprehension of the thirty-one (31) learners of section Jose P. Rizal. Toensure that learners would be provided with various reading materials suited to their needs and ability.

METHODS

In this study, the researcher used the evaluation research design through the use Philippine Informal Reading Inventory (PHIL-IRI) pre and post assessment as a tool to gather data. All the learners in Grade Six Jose P. Rizal were required to take the group-screening test. Those who got fourteen (14) and above were considered independent readers while those who scored below fourteen (14) were given the pre-test through reading of oral passage. As a result there were 30 out of 42 learners were marked as frustration and instructional reading level and consequently undergone the interventions from August to December 2018. In the end, another passage had been read as a posttest in order to determine the effect of using interventions on reading comprehension of learners. The Descriptive Method was utilized to analyze and interpret the data gathered based from the guidelines stipulated in the Philippine Informal Reading Inventory (PHI-IRI) Manual of 2018.

RESULTS

Because of the reading test, there is an increased in the reading performance level of the learners. It means that the interventions used were effective and beneficial to the learners.

DISCUSSIONS

The interventions used in the study covers different skills in comprehension like noting details, getting the main idea, sequencing events, predicting outcomes and evaluating the materials read. The researcher limited the study to various reading activity in English subject only. It was done at 1:00-1:30 and 4:00-4:30 (remedial time) from Monday to Friday to avoid disruption of classes.