Development and Validation of Instructional Video Materials in Improving the Viewing Comprehension Skills of Grade VII Students of Kiamba National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This research aimed to develop and validate instructional video materials to improve the viewing comprehension skills of Grade VII students of Kiamba National High School (KNHS), West District, Kiamba, Sarangani. This served as the basis for compilation of the multimedia resources in teaching English.

METHODS

This study utilized the Research and Development (R and D) design. The respondents were the 100 randomly selected Grade VII students and selected language teachers of KNHS.

RESULTS

Results showed that the Grade VII students can comprehend fairly well, at the literal level, but not at the inferential nor critical level; they are having difficulties in all the three levels of comprehension; the utilization of instructional video materials improved the viewing comprehension of the Grade 7 students; and, the teachers described the instructional video materials as very highly acceptable in terms of content, presentation and appropriateness.

DISCUSSIONS

It is recommended that the instructional video materials can be used regularly in teaching reading to improve their viewing comprehension skills. A compilation of instructional video materials was utilized by the Language Teachers in improving the viewing comprehension of Grade VII learners.