Project Akbay (Ang Kabataang Bulalo Arugain at Yakapin) an Intervention Program to Improve Reading Comprehension of Selected Grade VI Pupils

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Reading is one of the Basic Skills of English. It is categorized as an input skill. It means when people read something, they will get information from it. As a skill, reading can be trained and developed. In reading, readers combine the information from the text and the information from their existing background knowledge. Mastering how to read is very important for pupils to be able to master other skills in English. For example, pupils who wants to be a good writer, he/she needs to be a good reader. This is one of the problems that the Grade VI teacher and learners face in the teaching-learning process in Bulalo Elementary School. The primary purpose of this research is to improve the student's reading comprehension to improve the quality of teaching and learning process of reading through extensive reading activity and to describe the students' response in learning how to read.

METHODS

This action research aimed to improve the reading comprehension of thirty (30) selected grade six pupils at Bulalo Elementary Shool Tagaytay District, Division of Cavite for the school year 2016-2017. The respondents of the study were selected with the use of purposive sampling technique. The data was collected by doing observation, distributing questionnaire, and giving reading test (pre-test and post-test). The researchers used the descriptive method in the study to find the reading performance of the pupils. The Phil-Iri standardized test was used as the assessment tool in measuring the reading comprehension of the respondents. The data gathered was tabulated, evaluated, and analyzed using percentage to identify the reading comprehension of the pupils. Frequency count and weighted mean were used statistically to present a graphical representation of the results.

RESULTS

This action research used the Project AKBAY to improve the reading comprehension level of Grade VI pupils of Bulalo Elementary School. After the administration of the Phil-Iri pre-test content and construction had been checked, it was administered to the participants. The mean score of the pretest was taken and recorded. The reading intervention was done sixteen weeks prior to the administration of the Phil Iri post-test. The results of the study showed that there was a significant improvement in the reading comprehension of selected grade VI pupils and using Extensive Reading Activity was able to improve the quality of the teaching and learning process of reading in the research setting.

DISCUSSIONS

The sample of the study was composed of 30 Grade Six pupils of Bulalo Elementary School for S.Y. 2016-2017 and the sample was chosen using the purposive sampling technique in which the researcher selects a particular group or category from the population that is based on the PHIL-IRI result. This study implied that Project AKBAY is an effective intervention in developing the reading comprehension of the selected grade six pupils. The researchers recommend that the reading intervention Project AKBAY should be implemented to other grade levels.