Reading Comprehensions of Grade One Pupils of Public Elementary Schools District I East, Division of Batangas City: Basis for an Action Plan

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The country's standards of literacy are not the highest in the world. The schools' reading programs affect the development of the nation, they determine the literacy and a literacy of a people. There are factors affecting the comprehension of the Filipino pupils in reading texts whether in Filipino, which is the native language of the pupils, or in English, which is considered the second language of the pupils. Among these factors are mother's educational attainment, pupils' attitude towards reading, and perception of the pupils towards their teachers' competency in teaching reading.

METHODS

The study made use of the descriptive survey research which involved the collection and analysis of data in order to test the hypotheses and answer the questions concerning the study. With these concepts in mind, the researcher decided that something significant about finding out the factors affecting the reading comprehension of primary pupils in public elementary schools could be determined by this method of research.

RESULTSThe study involved a total of 101 primary pupils from different public elementary schools which: 1) Majority of the respondents are nine-years old, male, has a low family income, has textbooks as the material read, and are able to read twice a week.;2)The respondents have an average level of reading comprehension; 3)The factors that affect the reading comprehension level of the pupils to a moderate level are personal, family and teacher factors; and 4)The profile of the pupils' affect to some degree both similarities and differences in their reading comprehension level. Distribution and retrieval of the questionnaire was on one-one basis since went directly to each of the section of the primary. This was done in one week.

DISCUSSIONS

There is a significant association that effect the reading comprehension level of the pupils and the factors that affect their reading comprehension. The proposed action plan is the final output of this study. Implementation of reading comprehension enhancement programs could be made more effective, meaningful, interesting and enjoyable through conducting district o division wide reading contests with prizes to motivate both teacher-trainers/ coaches and the pupil-contestants.