Effectiveness of the Read Program Interventions in Enhancing English Reading Comprehension Skills of High School Students

Authors

  • Gemma Marie Baltazar

Keywords:

flipped classroom, online classroom, performance in General Chemistry, the performance of STEM students, interventions

Abstract

Introduction

The study aimed to determine the relative effectiveness of the interventions of the REaD Program implemented in the Urdaneta City Division. The interventions are in the form of reading modules. The respondents of the study are the Grade 11 students enrolled in all secondary schools implementing the Senior High School program in the Division. There are a total of 1,408 Grade 11 students. The research questions answered by the study are the following: (1) what is the level of reading comprehension of the Grade 11 Senior High School learners in Urdaneta City Division?; (2) Is there a significant improvement in the reading comprehension of the Grade 11 Senior High School learners in Urdaneta City using the REaD Program reading modules?; and (3) what is the relative effectiveness of the REaD Program modules in enhancing the reading comprehension of the Grade 11 learners?

 

Methods

The study made use of the descriptive research method. In analyzing and interpreting the statistical information gathered from the reading assessment results, the Chi-square test is utilized.

 

Results

The results and findings of the study revealed that there is a significant decrease in the number of beginning readers and developing readers in Grade 11 after the implementation and utilization of the REaD Program interventions. Added to this, there is also a substantial increase in the number of approaching proficiency readers, proficient readers, and advanced readers in Grade 11. Therefore, it was proven that the interventions are effective in enhancing the reading comprehension skills of the learners.

 

Discussions

It is highly recommended to enhance further and develop the interventions to address the reading difficulties encountered by the learners not only in Grade 11 but in Grade 12 as well as it was found out during the Division-wide reading assessment activities there are still beginning readers and developing readers in Grade 12. Additionally, the study also encourages teachers to combine the interventions to their innovative teaching strategies and methodologies to make the interventions appropriate and efficacious in enhancing the comprehension skills of the students.

Published

2019-12-18