Poor Reading Comprehension of Grade 10 Tve Consumer Electronics Students of Malvar National High School Malvar, Batangas

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Reading is a basic tool for learning in all subject areas. As one of the phases of English instruction, the teacher is expected to develop the reading skills of the students. In the Philippines, low proficiency in reading comprehension may threaten global competitiveness. It is conventional wisdom to think that our competency in English gives us a clear - cut advantage in the business process outsourcing industry. After all, English is practically our second language. Hence, doing business with Westerners should not pose a problem at all. This kind of readiness has made us a worthy competitor in the global business arena. The study was conducted to solve the problem on poor reading comprehension of Grade 10 TVE consumer electronics students of Malvar National High School, Malvar Batangas.

METHODS

The statistical treatment used is the percentage. The respondents of the study are twenty-one (21) fourth-year students taking up consumer electronics servicing of Malvar National High School.

RESULTS

The result of pretest in reading comprehension shows that seventy-one percent (71%) of the fourth-year students taking up consumer electronics servicing are under the frustration level, twenty-nine percent (29%) in the instructional and there is no recorded number of students who met the standard for the independent level. On the other hand, a big difference in the post-test result was documented wherein twenty-four percent (24%) belongs to the frustration, thirty-three percent (33%) in instructional and forty-three percent (43%) in independent level. The finding shows that the reading comprehension of the respondents improved on post-test with forty-seven percent (47%).

DISCUSSIONS

The following activities such as book flooding was applied by providing various reading materials such as books, magazines, journals, and newspapers to awaken the reading interest of the subjects; questionnaire which is a research instrument consisting of a series of questions and other prompts for the purpose of gathering information from the respondents ; and pep talk is an emotional talk which intends to inspire enthusiasm and increase the determination to succeed were conducted and found to be effective in improving students' reading comprehension skill.