Effectiveness of Session Reading of Grade 8 Students of Governor Felicisimo T. San Luis Memorial National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The language is our sword in every day's life because it helps us to communicate with others. It is the main ingredient and an instrument that may allow us to share our thoughts, emotions, and feelings. There are so many ways of communication: reading, writing speaking, listening and viewing which are said to be the macro skills. Thus, reading is synonymous to the language, its' meaning, and usage. Nowadays, reading gives lots of benefits to the readers and even to all of us which human encounter in their daily lives. According to James Dee Valentine, reading is the main food of our brain and in many ways, it was proven that because of the love in reading there are individuals who are now successful. This study focuses on the Effectiveness of Session Reading of Grade 8 Students of Governor Felicisimo T. San Luis Memorial National High School.

METHODS

Descriptive Method of research was used in gathering information needed for the research. The information was divided into two parts. The first part consists of the personal profile of the respondents namely: Gender, Age and Address. The second part consists of related literature and questionnaires. This study answers all the arising questions of the research

RESULTS

Recreational activities are divided based on the gathered answers of the respondents. The use of a computer with 43.33% as the highest percentage and writing with 2.00% as least. The Effectiveness of the Session Reading attains moderate training in the pre-silent reading. The post-silent reading rated as the highest based on the interpretation of the data gathered. The effectiveness of session reading attains the moderate rating in the preoral reading while rated as the highest in the post-oral reading. The effectiveness of session reading was not affected by the personal profile of the respondents, gender, age and hobby to be specific. The environment of the respondents has a great effect on their silent reading. On the other hand, the personal profile of the respondents has no significant effect on their oral reading based on the result gathered.

DISCUSSIONS

The teacher should have allotted time for the session reading to help the students to improve their reading skills with proper time frame and assessment. Provide lots of reading materials to be read at home but see to it that the materials were not long and interest of the reader, for them to find time to read and finish the whole material, giving guide questions is a must to test reader's comprehension. Perpetuate the use of the program Session Reading as one of the effective tools to improve reading skills every education institution.