Improving the English Reading Comprehension Skills of Grade II Pupils through Remedial Reading Classes

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Good study habits and direct conduct on reading materials lessened, that is why pupils without reading comprehension increased. This scenario is very rampant and evident in Pagalangan Elementary School. The twenty-nine (29) enrollees in grade II or 72% belong to frustration level in terms of reading comprehension based on the result of the PHIL-IRI.

METHODS

The descriptive survey method will be employed in this study. The Grade II pupils in Pagalangan Elementary School are the respondents of this study. The data are gathered from 29 randomly selected pupils, school year 2016 -2017. A researcher-made questionnaire was used for the improvement of Reading Comprehension in English of Grade II Pupils using Remedial Reading Class. The type of questionnaire designed for Grade II pupils are reading comprehension and vocabulary(context clues) with three (3) rating scale namely better (3), good (2), and poor (1).

RESULTS

The implementation of remedial reading classes through different activities like movie clip(story), dramatization, SINORA, peer reading, BUS, group activities(summarization of the story) and vocabulary (context clues) was conducted. After the implementation of the remedial reading classes, the result shows that from 72% frustration level it becomes 45% frustration level. There is a significant increase in their reading comprehension.

DISCUSSIONS

They are now interested in reading and developed their love of reading. The implementation of remedial reading classes has successfully improved the reading comprehension skills of the pupils.