Development of the Comprehension and Reading Skills of the Students in LCNSHS

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Comprehension is acquiring meaning from the text. Comprehension is critically important to the development of a student's reading. Without the solid foundation of reading skills, the researcher feels the children will be struggling hard throughout their schooling and adult life. By learning the best comprehension strategies and how to best teach these strategies to the pupils, the researcher hopes to provide the solid foundation needed to succeed. In this study, we aimed to help students develop the knowledge, skills, and experiences they must have if they are to become competent and enthusiastic readers.

METHODS

This research is done by using a descriptive method to identify the comprehension and reading skills of the learners. The descriptive method of research is a fact-finding study with adequate and accurate interpretation of the findings. It describes what is and what actually exists in certain conditions, situations or phenomena. Quota sampling was employed in selecting pupils -respondent of the study which supplemented with data enough to form conclusions. There is a specified number of elements, which are 40 participants, ten from each year level. There are prepared tests, activities, and exercises to train and enhance their skills while monitoring and recording their improvement.

RESULTS

The results of the tests given to the participants were tabulated and compared to recognize the distinct changes and improvement of the participants' reading skills as the study was conducted. Statistics is used in getting the average of their scores to find out their knowledge about reading comprehension. The findings and conclusions were formed from the data collected from the scores of the participants in the different exercises given to students. The mean or average of the scores of each year level was computed and compared based on the level of difficulty of the tests, the pre-tests, and the post-test. All of the data collected were analyzed and interpreted for the result.

DISCUSSIONS

The results conclude the improvement in every session of teaching and training on their reading comprehension skills, the students' performance is improved and developed every week. Comprehension is the goal of proficient reading. Most activities that develop comprehension skills can be effectively applied as a part of guided reading. The results of examinations show how much was the improvement and development of comprehension and reading skills of the students.