Reading Comprehension Skills in English of Grade 7 Students at San Nicolas National High School S.Y 2018-2019

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study dealt with the assessment of the present status of Grade 7 reading and comprehension skills. Also included were the performance of the students in reading, the factors affecting the performance of the respondents in reading comprehension and the problems encountered by the students in terms of reading with comprehension. The researcher designed an action plan to further enhance the reading comprehension skills of Grade 7 students.

METHODS

The descriptive method of research was used with the questionnaire as the main data gathering instrument. The respondents of the study were 70 Grade 7 students of San Nicolas National High school. Simple random sampling was used to identify the respondents. Mean, weighted mean and composite mean were the statistical tools applied to treat the gathered data.

RESULTS

The findings revealed that majority of Grade 7 students had low performance in reading comprehension. The respondents agreed that fluency, vocabulary, background knowledge, comprehension strategies, and lack of self-motivation were some of the factors affecting the performance of the respondents in reading. They also encountered problems in terms of reading with comprehension. Lack of background knowledge and inability to comprehend the texts were the foremost problem being encountered by Grade 7 students.

DISCUSSIONS

On the basis of the analysis made, it was recommended that School head should emphasize that all teachers need to take an action on how they can improve the reading comprehension skills of the students. All teachers' especially English teachers should extent their knowledge and ability to help students in their weakness which regards to reading comprehension.