Enhancing the Reading Skills of Grade Iv-Chico through Rhymes and Songs During Remedial Teaching

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Teaching English especially in elementary schools aims to motivate and encourage students to be more confident in studying English. For elementary students, teaching English is presenting vocabulary in addition to pronunciation that they learn for the first time. At Bagumbayan Elementary School, the researcher notices that the reading level of Grade four Chico has low proficiency, especially in English. Several causes have been identified with regard to the poor reading problem. These include a lack of reading materials to be used by the pupils and a lack of parental support. For this, teachers have an important role. They should keep students interested, motivated, and engaged in learning a foreign language and attain the lesson objectives. Teachers are to help students in overcoming the difficulties that they may face while learning and acquiring a foreign language. Most children enjoy singing songs, so for us(teacher), using songs in the classroom can also be a nice break from following a routine reading or writing work. Authentic materials increase the children's level of involvement and concentration. This is the main accurate reason why rhymes and songs are the chief models of teaching the basic lessons to a child in the early years of life. Songs can play an important role in the development of language in young children learning a second language. One advantage of using songs in the young learner classroom is their flexibility

METHODS

The researcher used a frequency distribution technique, wherein a tabulation of data shows in the appropriate group. The criteria include: (1) pre-assessment (2) post-assessment (3) has a consent letter from the parents allowing them to join the study.RESULTSTeacher shows difficulty in the reading of some of the pupils that may be because of some unfamiliar words that they encounter every day, lack of support of their parents, and lack of reading materials available in the classroom. And it has a big impact on their reading comprehension/skills.

DISCUSSIONS

By singing songs, students can understand difficult words easily. Students can remember the new words by singing and doing the action of the song. Songs help students understand new words without asking another person or looking them up in the dictionary. Songs also make vocabulary learning enjoyable, fun and interesting. Songs, in addition, are having positive effects most children enjoy singing songs and they can often be a welcome change from the routine of learning second or third language adding that rhymes and songs are basic elements of each human society. For us(teacher), using songs in the classroom can also be a nice break from following a routine reading or writing work.