Intensive Reading Program Using Ladderized Technique

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Reading is a complex process that requires a great deal of active participation on the part of the reader. It is also a basic life skill. It is a cornerstone of a child's success in school and throughout life. Without the ability to read well, opportunities for personal fulfillment and eventually the assurance of job success will inevitably be lost. Reading is a means of language acquisition, of communication, and sharing information and ideas. Moreover, the Reading Association of the Philippines conducted a survey last January 2015 and it was found that most students nowadays have a problem in terms of comprehending what are they reading. It is evidently manifested with the result of the National Achievement Test administered by the Department of Education last 2015. Based on the results, most students are not good readers in terms of the materials they have.

METHODS

The descriptive method was utilized in this study since the main purpose of the study was to describe the reading comprehension of the respondents chosen purposively by the researcher. To observe the principles of confidentiality, the names of the respondents were not reflected in the questionnaire administered. The researcher used the scores obtained by students in the Phil-IRI. The score in the reading inventory served as the pre and post assessment. Data obtained were statistically interpreted using the frequency and percentage, and T-test.

RESULTS

The study shows the profile of the respondents in term of reading levels. There were 26 or 68.42% belonged to the Frustration level, 12 or 31.58% were Instructional and 0 or 0% were from independent. It means that the majority of students belonged to the frustration level which needs to be prioritized by the reading teacher. On the other hand, pre-test result of the experimental group gained a mean value of 13.72 and improved to 31.44 mean value as the result of the post-test. Also, the computation revealed that the value 0.000 is lower than the t-ratio value of 15.51 which shows a significant difference between the two tests given to the student respondents.

DISCUSSIONS

The results imply that through the use of the ladderized technique, performance of students improved. The results of the reading inventory also illustrated that through this technique, students were able to grasp the real intention/meaning of the text being read and presented.