Interactive Instructional Strategy to Increase the Reading Comprehension Level of Grade Three Pupils of Bagumbayan Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Reading comprehension is an essential skill for learners of English and Filipino. It is defined as the level of understanding of a text read. Comprehension levels can now be observed through the implementation of Philippine Reading Inventory (Phil-IRI). It is an assessment test that evaluates the reading proficiency level of Elementary school pupils. It is the instrument that intends to measure the pupils reading comprehension level. Unfortunately, there are learners that fall under the frustration level in reading comprehension. Therefore a failure in reading comprehension can lead to a failure in school generally and low self-confidence.The area of the focus for this study is the interactive instructional strategy to increase the reading comprehension of Grade three pupils in Bagumbayan Elementary School. The researcher observes that during the conduct of PHIL-IRI , there are learners that fall under the frustration level in reading comprehension. By doing some interventions like using ICT, E-Classroom, and different enhancement activities, the researcher hopes to increase the number of Grade three pupils under the Independent level for at least 75% and strengthen the comprehension skills of the pupils, for it is their important tool to understand questions during their National Achievement Test.

METHODS

Reading comprehension is one of the important skills that a pupil must have. And through this action research, it really helped the Grade IIl pupils to be fluent in their reading skills. The pupils are motivated to read and boost their interest to love reading. Using the ICT motivates the pupil to read. The different pictures in the book encouraged the pupils to browse it and soon the reading will start. The learning of the pupils widens because they understand what they read. The pupils can easily answer the question after reading and of course through the modern technology that was introduced. The effect of the learning is not by the pupil itself but of course for us teachers because the pupils can read with understanding so the burden was less for the teachers. The number of frustration readers was minimized.

RESULTS

The action research helped the GradeIIl pupils to be fluent in their reading skills. The pupils are motivated to read and boost their interest to love reading. Using the ICT motivates the pupil to read. The different pictures in the book encouraged the pupils to browse it and soon the reading will start. The learning of the pupils widens because they understand what they read. The pupils can easily answer the question after reading and of course through the modern technique that was introduced. The effect of the learning is not by the pupil itself but of course for us teachers because the pupils can read with understanding so the burden was less for the teachers. The number of frustration readers were minimized .

DISCUSSIONS

The action research develops the learners in terms of their readingcomprehension skills. In this connection, the researcher-initiated enhancement for the remedial reading program through the interactive instructional strategy to improve reading comprehension among the learners.