Effects of Power Point Presentation and Teacher Made Reading Materials on the Reading Level of Grade One

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Reading determines the academic achievements of students to a great extent. Both reading and academic achievements are interrelated and dependent on each other. Academic achievement means how much knowledge the individual has acquired from the school. Reading comprehension is one of the pillars of the act of reading. When a person reads a text, he engages in a complex array of cognitive processes. He is simultaneously using his awareness and understanding of phonemes, phonics, and the ability to comprehend or construct meaning from the text. This last component of the act of reading is reading comprehension. It cannot occur independently of the other two elements of the process. At the same time, it is the most difficult and most important of the three.

METHODS

The study focused on improving the reading level of Grade One through the use of teacher's made reading materials and power point in the reading intervention. With the use of the descriptive survey method, a diagnostic test was given to 45 pupils and the result shows that 18 of them were non-readers. The intervention program was done from 11:00 to 12:00 PM from Monday to Friday within two months.

RESULTS

The use of PowerPoint presentation and teacher made reading materials highly contributes to the improvement of the pupils' reading ability. It helps in retention of ideas for it involves the use of the senses which stimulates learning. It also developed the love and interest of the pupils in reading. The table shows that the grade one improves the reading level after attending reading remediation using a PowerPoint presentation and teacher made reading materials. The pupils'performance in both syllabic and sentence reading improved from non-reader to the reader. This implies that it is effective and advised to use on the next set of pupils needing reading assistance. This means that the use of reading remediation improves the reading level of struggling pupils.

DISCUSSIONS

It concludes that innovative techniques must be used to gain the interest of the pupils. Parents follow up is highly recommended to make the program more successful. Based on the conclusions drawn and findings of the study the researchers recommend that constantly follow up of the next reading teachers and parents of the pupil-respondents should be conducted for further development incomprehension. Likewise, further study of the same approach is suggested to concretize the effectiveness.