Effect of Vocabulary Development through Reading among Grade V Pupils Belong Under Frustration Level

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The aim of this study is to improve the comprehension level of deliberately Grade V pupils that fall under frustration level through vocabulary development.

Vocabulary plays a primary role in the reading process and is reprove to reading comprehension. A reader cannot understand a text without knowing what most of the words mean. With that, this study came out to help them to move forward and be suitable for their grade level comprehension skill. Pupils are expected to show improvement in their comprehension reading ability and through vocabulary development, they can gradually become one more step closer to the level they up to.

METHODS

After profiling the pupils, this study came up with the purposively selected respondents composed of 23 Grade V pupils. These pupils undergo pretest and post-test. The comparative method was used to gather data from the above-mentioned test assessment.

RESULTS

Based on before and after results, almost all the respondents marked improvement from frustration to the instructional level of 75%. The result shows that there is a significant relationship between vocabulary development in reading and improvement in comprehension level.

DISCUSSIONS

This study implied that vocabulary development through reading is an effective tool in improving their reading ability from frustration to an instructional level based on the result of Post IRI.With this study, pupils who belong under the frustration level evidently displayed that they can improve their comprehension level with the help and encouragement of the teacher. This can be used as a reference for another intervention program in reading.