Literacy Matters: Intervention on Reading Skills in English of Grade Six Pupils of San Miguel Elementary School
Keywords:
literacy matters, intervention, reading skills, comprehensionAbstract
INTRODUCTION
Enhancing pupils' comprehension is a priority concern of good reading instruction. We have two primary reading activities that we undertake at the threshold to assess the reading abilities and the comprehension levels of our pupils, the oral reading assessment and the Phil IRI assessment, respectively. The latter directly assesses the comprehension skills of pupils by asking basic questions about what is read. It is very disheartening to note that the majority of our pupils were able to read the text but with very limited ideas when it comes to meaning expression.
METHODS
In this study, the researcher used different methods to determine the real status of the reading comprehension level of Grade Six pupils of San Miguel Elementary School, Padre Garcia District. The data gathering method was used wherein the teacher designed reading tests to assess pupils reading comprehension and analyze the result and its root causes. Data analysis plans were imposed to systematically implemented procedures in enhancing the reading comprehension of Grade six pupils.
RESULTS
33 out of 52 pupils constituting 63% can recognize and read the words independently, 14 out of 52 or 27% of pupils need guidance to read the words, and only 10% or 5 out of 52 can hardly read and need close supervision. Majority of pupils assessed belong to frustration level as shown in the comprehension and reading level results as justified by only 30 out of 52 pupils or 58% in comprehension, and 32 out of 52 or 62% in the reading level. This shows that though pupils can read, they were not able to understand what they read. They could hardly answer the questions based on what they read.
DISCUSSIONS
Through these findings, the researcher implemented all the interventions designed in order to attain the desired objective: enhancement of the comprehension level of Grade six pupils. Results show the intervention was effective.
