Efficacy of Reading Buddy Program in Improving the Reading Attitude and Comprehension of Grade Seven Students under Frustration Level in Lucsuhin National High School S. Y. 2017-2018

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The Reading Buddy Program was designed to improve the reading interest and comprehension of Grade Seven students under frustration level in Lucsuhin National High School, implemented in the period from October 2017 to January of 2018. In this program, students under frustration level paired with students under independent level. The reading teacher supervised the process of the program through Teacher's Metric Log.

METHODS

This research is a quantitative design in which numerical analysis of data is used.

RESULTS

After thorough and intensive intervention in reading, the result showed that there is a significant difference between pretest and posttest in the parallel program.

DISCUSSIONS

The study was implemented to both the experimental group of ten students under frustration level and ten randomly selected grade seven students under independent level. The grade seven students who were part of RB program were assigned to a buddy and spent time reading books.