Developing Reading Skills through Story Books in "Daragnun-Ibauganun"

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This action research strengthens the use of Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTBMLE) in improving learning outcomes and promoting education for all which has been funded by the Basic Education Research Fund (BERF) of the Department of Education Region V.

Reading is one of the most important skills to be developed in a child so that he may have a strong foundation in learning. Indeed, one of the major goals of the school was to help the primary learners and equip them with necessary and prerequisite skills in reading to make them functionally literate individuals. This study was undertaken, which is to help the 16 Grade 1 pupils to develop their skills in reading through the story books in Daragnun-Ibauganun which were crafted by the researcher. The crafted books have varied features such as: (a)Uses Daragnun-Ibauganun Language, (b) Address the Difficulties Encountered by the Learners, (c) Base on the Learners Experiences, (d) Incorporated Arts and Culture, and (e)Teacher's role is Interactive.

METHODS

The researchers conducted a pre-test to determine the reading levels of 16 Grade 1 pupils. Then crafted seven-story books and has been used by the reading teacher during her lesson/instruction in order to aid the development of reading skills of participants.

After the utilization of the storybooks, the pupils were subjected to the post-test. Moreover, the pre-test and post-test results were analyzed and compared to determine the significant difference between the pupils reading skills and the effectiveness of storybooks in improving their reading skills.

RESULTS

The pre-test means a score of the pupils in Reading Skill was 47.38 = 40.40%. During the post-test, the mean score was 94.69 = 80.93%. There were 47.31 differences in the pupils' mean scores in the pretest-posttest or the performance level raised by 40.44% in the posttest over the pretest. From frustration level on the pretest, the performance improved to instructional level during the posttest. The improvement in pupils' reading skills were attributed to the utilization of the story books in "Daraganun-Ibauganun" crafted by the researchers as part of the intervention activity.

DISCUSSIONS

Using the t-test, there was a significant difference between the reading skills of the grade one pupil before and after the implementation of the intervention activity. This means that the utilization of storybooks in "Daraganun-Ibauganun" was effective in developing the reading skills of the pupils.