Read to Infer (R2I) to Enhance the Reading Comprehension Skills of Selected Students of Southville IV National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Schools have enormous reading activities. If a student has difficulty in reading, it can affect his academic performance that will result to poor grades or failing marks. Effective teachers observe a variety of reading situations from free-choice activities through informal and incidental encounters with reading to more formal instructional situations. Yetta Goodman (1985) calls this approach "kidwatching." In compliance to DepEd Order no. 39, s. 2016 "Adoption of Basic Research Agenda" is considered.

METHODS

To find out the increase of reading performance of students, worksheet was given. There were 10 worksheets. A short discussion with the students about the topic was tackled. Then, they recieved the worksheet and answered it for 10 to 15 minutes. The worksheet had a paragraph and the students needed to make inferences and answer the questions. They needed to justify their inference by writing. Filling-in the blanks and naming the pictures were included.

RESULTS

For Worksheet 1, the students (10 boys) got 3.0 average and the mean of all the worksheets (WS 1-10) was 3.4. On the other hand, the other students (10 girls) who also worked on Worksheet 1 acquired an average of 2.00 and the mean of all the worksheets is of 3.2. The Items 3.1 and 3.3 from Worksheet 1 to Worksheet 10 rendered following results: In Worksheet 1 (WS1), there were 17 correct answers, Worksheet 5 (WS5) with 26 correct answers and Worksheet 8 (WS8) obtained the highest score with 28 correct answers. While, the worksheet with the lowest score was Worksheet 7 (WS7) with only 12 correct answers out of 40.

DISCUSSIONS

The results show the increase and decrease of respondent's performance. Respondents who are " ̃above average' and " ̃average' perform well but both need support throughout the session. The topic or reading material must be related to the experience of the respondents because reading performance is affected by context, time, place and interest. Therefore, to catch the attention of the respondents, the proponent must consider the motivation, interest, and their background. To summarize, close supervision contributes to the improvement of the study. The proponent should focus in one area, delve deeper, and elaborate it thoroughly to widen the ideas. The " ̃process' and " ̃support' are reciprocal. The " ̃system' and " ̃culture' of the school affect the study.