Enhancing Reading Skills of Three Struggling Readers in Grade 5 of Tanagan Elementary Schoolthrough Phonetic Approach: A Case Study

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Reading is one of the five macro skills that is deemed important for children that is why it is necessary for them to learn, practice, and enhance it as they progress in their academic journey. Mastery in reading serves as a strong foundation that gives children privilege to learn all subjects across different disciplines in school. Aside from excelling in their academic subjects, it also open doors of great opportunities for them.

METHODS

The researcher gathered Grade 5 Oral Reading Assessments which were conducted in June 2018. A questionnaire was used to determine the reading ability of the pupils. Moreover, the researcher also used the interview guide approach for this study.

RESULTS

Based on the results, three reading problems emerged: First, decoding is a reading skill that is about finding or understanding the true or hidden meaning of something as to word. Second, poor Comprehension is the most common problem in reading that existed in a class. Indeed, there are many things going on in reading, from letter and word recognition to understanding meaning at the phrase, sentence, and paragraph levels. Third, speed has been observed to be one of the worst reading problems among learners, especially in reading English texts. Most could hardly read fast because of some barriers which may include the unfamiliar terms.

DISCUSSIONS

As support to these identified reading problems, the researcher also conducted an interview to further investigate on the existing problems among the three (3) Grade 5 learners.It was found out that learners have difficulties in reading that it hindered them in learning their lessons caused by varied inevitable circumstances. Furthermore, those instances made them traumatized that added to the difficulties that they have been experiencing. It is recommended that the educators need to be more understanding and patient in dealing with learners similar to the research participants.