Reading Difficulties of Selected Grade Five Pupils of Mariano C. Anacay Memorial Elementary School for the School Year 2018-2019

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The main purpose of this research is to find out the difficulties encountered by selected Grade 5 pupils in both oral and silent reading and to search for possible solutions to the problem.

METHODS

To determine the difficulties encountered by pupils with their reading abilities and the reading materials that influence pupils' desire to read, frequency counting and percentages and weighted mean were used to count the responses on the questionnaires.

RESULTS

The findings of the study revealed that the different problems encountered by pupils in reading as perceived by teachers were the lack of comprehension of what was read, manifestation of incorrect phrasing, difficulty in word attack, omission, repetition and substitution of words, lack of adequate vocabulary, difficulty in reading silently and inability to see relationship of what is read. It was concluded that lack of comprehension of what is read is the major problem encountered by pupils in reading as perceived by the teacher. The reading material that influenced most pupils' desire to read was the textbook.

DISCUSSIONS

This study was limited to fifty selected grade five pupils and 14 teachers of Mariano C. Anacay Memorial Elementary School, Municipality of Amadeo, Division of Cavite. Random sampling procedure was used. This study focused on the difficulties encountered by selected grade five pupils in both oral and silent reading. This study somehow contributed in developing reading skills to achieve good school performance.