The Comprehension Level of Grade Five Pupils of Lemery Pilot Elementary School: An Assessment

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Comprehension plays an important role of individual pupil to determine his/her reading ability. The researcher believes that it is very necessary to develop, improve and increase the level of comprehension skills of pupils because it plays a very important role in the academic performance of every pupil. Specifically, the study aims to identify the present comprehension level of Grade 5 pupils; the strategies used by the teachers in enhancing the comprehension level of pupils, and he teaching and learning difficulties with regards to comprehension.

METHODS

The researcher used the descriptive method of research to 130 Grade 5 pupils of Lemery Pilot ES for the School Year 2016-2017, Pre-Assessment Phil-IRI results were used in gathering the needed data and information to determine their comprehension level. She also utilized the data gathered from interviews and questionnaires and results were treated statistically with the use of frequency counts and percentage.

RESULTS

It was found out that majority of the pupils needed attention with regards to their comprehension for 92% of the total respondents are under the Frustration level. Various reading comprehension techniques such as vocabulary development approach, use of graphic organizers, summarizing story structure instruction, modeling, explicit teaching and collaborative approach. However, pupils still had difficulties in comprehension sothe researcher dug in the root cause of the problem. It was then, revealed poor vocabulary development and weak word recognition skills by the pupils are the leading factors that hinder the pupils from comprehending what they read.

These factors in teaching and learning process were noted in crafting an intervention program that will enhance the comprehension level of the pupils.

DISCUSSIONS

The researchers came up with a program which aims to assess the comprehension level of the Grade five pupils which is contributory in crafting and designing possible intervention activities that will address their problem. Project I Am (Identification, Assessment and Monitoring of Learners) will profile the strengths and weaknesses of the learners using assessment tools like Phil-IRI and will look for the root cause of the problem. The learners' progress after certain interventions were introduced will also then be evaluated and monitored.