Development of Supplementary Worksheets in Enhancing the Vocabulary Size of Grade Four Second Language Readers at Padre Imo Luna Memorial Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Changes in the education system brought by the adaptation of the new K to 12 curricula of the Department of Education has become one of the most controversial parts as far as education is concerned. This new era of teaching and learning obviously affected every learners' capacity to learn due to varied factors that greatly affecting their individual learning styles. It has become widely evident in the station that second language readers are still in need of comprehensive worksheets to help them develop a higher order level of understanding and communication as well, with which this study focused more.

METHODS

Descriptive -qualitative research was used to identify the vocabulary size of grade four -second language readers. Researchers used data gathering procedures namely unstructured interview and random sampling based on PHIL-IRI result. Data gathering tools namely: basic sight word checklistand unstructured interviews were used to attain the objectives of this study. The basic sight word checklist was prepared, validated, distributed, tallied and interpreted to identify the vocabulary size of the respondents.

RESULTS

Given the following reasons behind the difficulty readers experienced in enhancing the vocabulary size in the second language, the pupils ranked these reasons based on their experience. The table shows that the highest reason behind their difficulty in reading the second language is that most of them are living in an environment where higher vocabularies are not used. On the other hand, paying not much attention to the words/texts ranked the lowest since most of the pupils are inattentive.

Factors affecting the vocabulary size of learners

REASONS RANK

Living in an environment where higher vocabularies are not used 1

Lower education level of family members 2

Availability of too much computer games/gadgets 3

Auditory perception problems 4

Paying not much attention to the words/texts 5

DISCUSSIONS

Results of the study revealed that The Grade Four Second Language Readers still need to develop and enhance their vocabulary skills. It has been evaluated that the highest factor contributing to the vocabulary size of grade four learners is revealed by poor attention to texts and words, thus, reading skill is greatly concerned. Modified supplementary worksheets based on the vocabulary size of the learners and the individual needs of pupils are prepared.