Multimedia Tools Utilized in Strengthening the Reading Comprehension Skills of Grade Nine Students in the Padre Garcia National High School, Division Of Batangas

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Comprehension is the goal of reading, yet it is notoriously difficult to instruct. In fact, evidence supports problems with comprehension in many aspects of our students resulting in individuals being left behind. From the released NationalAchievement Test result taken by Fourth Year students last SY 2014-2015, Padre Garcia National High School has dramatically decreased into 43.15 MPS losing 17% from its 51.86 MPS result in SY 2013-2014. Where among the subjects taken in the said standardized test, English acquired the lowest MPS of 32. 21 compared to Filipino with 37.88, Social Science with 37.85, Math with 35.96 and Science with 36.1. With the desire to lessen if not to eliminate the said difficulty, the researcher was interested to prove the help of multimedia tools utilized in strengthening reading comprehension skills of Grade Nine students.

METHODS

The experimental method of research was used to determine the multimedia tools utilized to strengthen the reading comprehension skill, learning competencies in English for the first quarter, reading comprehension test preparation, level of performance of students in the pre-test and post-test in reading comprehension, the significant difference in the pre and post-test result of the tested students, and the instructional materials to strengthen the reading comprehension skill of students. Purposive sampling was used to gather data from the target respondents in Grade Nine students of Padre Garcia National High School.

RESULTS

After conducting the reading comprehension test, an approach which was well-organized to measure the sufficient validity of the evidence so as to support the proposed inference from the test scores of students, the experimental group of students who were taught with the use of multimedia tools acquired a higher level of performance than the controlled group of students thus learned and comprehend better.

DISCUSSIONS

Since learners' capacity, skills, and uniqueness are undeniably diverse, teachers are invigorated to use different teaching strategies associated to utilizing multimedia tools in teaching which will make students fascinated and highly motivated in daily learning.