Reading Comprehension Skills in Hearing Impaired Students of Calamba National High School for School Year 2015-2016

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Students in secondary level must have enough reading comprehension skills that could enable them to reach different levels of understanding. This skill was given in the intermediate level where children were given activities and seat works to enhance their comprehension skills. Hearing Impaired learners of Calamba National High School lack comprehension skills and vocabulary. The researcher would like to find out the root of the problem based on the factors to be researched. This research aims to identify factors that affect hearing impaired students' reading comprehension in Calamba National High School and the intervention they need for them to develop comprehension skills. Specifically, this research ought to answer the following questions: what level of comprehension do students with hearing impairment have based on their pre-test and what are the factors that hinder students with hearing impairments comprehend to reading text?

METHODS

This research is descriptive and experimental. In identifying the level of reading comprehension skills among the hearing impaired students of Calamba National High School, the factors that affect the level of reading and comprehension skills, descriptive method was used. In identifying the proper intervention or remediation program, experimental method was used.

RESULTS

Based on the result, question number 7 or reading of online stories got the highest weighted mean of 1.73 and questions 9 and 10 which gave attentin to unfamiliar words and contentment in the level of reading got the lowest weighted mean of 1.27. The hearing impaired students had low comprehension based on the computed factors.

DISCUSSIONS

Based on the result of this study, there is no comprehension during their pre-test. Factors that hinder students' understanding were: (1) reading practice in intermediate level, (2) vocabulary enrichment, (3) follow-up reading at home, (4) interest in texts, (5) love of reading, (6) availability of reading materials, (7) online texts, (8) conducive environment, (9) attention to unfamiliar words and (10) contentment in the level of reading affect the level of reading comprehension. This is relative to the study of Harmer (2001:199) which stated that to achieve the purpose of reading, which is to get the general or detail information from the text, the students have to comprehend the text in order to understand the information effectively.