Validation and Revision of Enrichment Activities on the Level of Reading Comprehension of Grade XI Students at Dagatan National High School-Senior High School (Validasyon at Revisyon ng Gawaing Pang

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The biggest setback for a teacher is when he hardly taught how to read but there's no comprehension at all. It was said that the teacher was the most influential factor in enriching the students' level of comprehension. To say, the teacher himself should show interest in reading, give the students varied experiences to develop and be fond of the process and develop activities in reading even in other macro skills.

It is good to know that the students have an interest in reading but the saddest is having them read a particular text several times, even in Filipino, but cannot comprehend. Where each word seemed to be difficult for them to understand. What's happening is just they read and read knowing nothing at all. Reading as a macro skill was seen to be very significant. It is where and how a "someone" would be a "somebody”. Having the kind as mentioned above of scenario over a long time should be resolved. The teacher portraying different roles should develop materials to enrich the skills of the students preparing them for their future endeavors.

As a follow-up study, this aimed to validate and revise the enrichment activities on the level of reading comprehension. In addition, it also focused on: (1) the level of conformity of the students on the structure of enrichment activities; (2) the level of acceptance of the experts and validators on the content and formulation and illustration; (3) the overall evaluation on the enrichment activities; and (4) the ways of revising the validated enrichment activities.

METHODS

A descriptive design was used while a questionnaire was utilized as a research instrument. Purposive sampling was carried out to have three experts, 30 teachers in Filipino (validators) and 49 Grade XI students as participants of the study.

RESULTS

As the data were analyzed and interpreted, the following results were listed: the students conformed to the structure of enrichment activities. Moreover, the experts and validators responded that the content and formulation and illustration are very acceptable. More importantly, the overall evaluation of experts and validators was very acceptable.

DISCUSSIONS

On the other hand, for the process of revising, comments and suggestions were considered: check on typographical errors, use a more legible font style or make it bigger. Lessen the colorful images since the activities are intended for high school students, maintain the formality and move away from the words with double meaning which may cause misconception.