Improving Reading Comprehension through Repeated Reading Strategies among Grade 11 HUMSS Students of Trece Martires City Senior High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This research paper presents the effectiveness of the repeated reading strategy in improving the reading comprehension among Grade 11 Humanities and Social Sciences students of Trece Martires City Senior High School. The main objective of the research was to assess the reading comprehension ability of the selected respondents and to increase comprehension level through the use of the repeated reading intervention.

METHODS

The random sampling method was used in selecting the respondents to identify the students with the lowest obtained comprehension score on the Mc Ginitie test that was suited to be given a reading intervention. Also, the researchers used the Phil-IRI (Philippine Informal Reading Inventory) as a research instrument, it is composed of graded passages designed to describe the reading performance and determine the reading level of a student.

RESULTS

It was found from the majority of the respondents that repeated reading strategy was effective to attain the desired increase in reading comprehension rates of students. However, there are inconsistencies with the results, as fewer respondents that read a higher-grade level passage had difficulty in overall reading aspects.

DISCUSSIONS

Therefore, the researchers concluded that repeated reading strategy was an effective way to increase both speed and accuracy and comprehension in reading that can be adapted by the students in everyday learning. Also, the researchers recommend that the future researchers should enforce a one-month time allotment in the intervention, gather more respondents to participate, and 5 times rereading the passages by the respondents to strengthen the effectiveness of the repeated reading strategy.