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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
still encounter the struggle with job application forms, school policies, recipes,
students around the age of 15 joined the reading assessment of the PISA.
Filipino students got a rating of 340 points in the survey which was lower than
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one’s happiness, it helps you to improve your reading skills and helps not only
academically but professionally, and it tends to help infer and understand the
skills, children will struggle determining what is actually being asked and
said.”
(3Bs) on. The DepEd’s 3Bs encourages offices from the central to division level
and schools to intensify their advocacies for reading to make every learner a
reader at their grade level and capacitate teachers to become effective reading
under the Happy Schools Movement on June 24, 2019. This is a localized and
2019). The program introduced a wonder wall situated in the open building of
the school. It is a board that contains literature texts (short story, poem, etc).
There are also featured quotations and some vocabularies posted on the board
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for the students to read. Also, reading corners were encouraged in every
classroom. The program determined that 49 learners of SFNHS are under the
conducts a once-a-week reading remedial to the grade nine and grade ten
and advisers.
Theoretical Framework
interpreted and discussed three (3) theories that would explain why reading
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how readers use prior knowledge to comprehend and learn from text. The
fundamental principle of the schema theory assumes that written text does not
carry meaning by itself. The readers try to familiarize the text by using some
certain text.
like phonics, spelling and the alphabet. This involves a step-by-step mastery of
Bottom-Up theory could justify the fact that people should know the
primary steps before they could comprehend the texts they are reading.
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Friedman (2019) elaborated that the goal of this reading model theory is
comprehension skills. This posits that “it is the connection between what a
reader’s unique brain perceives when reading and the words on the page that
produces meaning.” It is also about the readers’ interpretation about the texts
This theory could prove the truth that reading comprehension could also
Conceptual Framework
fields. One factor on poor academic learning of students is the lack of reading
skills with possible factors such as the quality of instruction, lack of reading
materials, the student themselves and their backgrounds and due to their
Learning starts with reading. Being able to understand and know what is the
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by that, it influences how students develop their ideas and interests towards
policies, and regulations. Glenberg (2011) stated that it is the ability to take
effective action on the basis of affordances related to the body, the physical
have the ability to decipher the meaning of a certain text in order to use in
their daily lives. It could help them in enriching their vocabularies, knowledge
Students who can read well will most likely understand any topic more
than students who possesses poor reading skills. In the study of Cayubit
(2012), “it is given that any Filipino child with sufficient reading skills would
skills are poor and more often than not those with poor reading skills when
students who have sufficient reading skills also depicts that they are more
interested in learning things but also, it’s significant to know what factors
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prosper.
create a solid understanding of the passage (Woolley, 2011). However, there are
still a substantial number of people who are below the proficiency level of
Without adequate reading comprehension skill, most of the students will find it
teachers pair a skilled reader with an unskilled reader and allow them to
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(Turner, 2018), students are tested with a running record of their word
recognition, comprehension, and reading rate made while they read a grade-
level book. Independent reading level is the highest level at which a reader has
adequate background knowledge for the topic, and can access text very quickly
and with very few errors. Instructional reading level is a high level at which a
reader is not independent, but has adequate background knowledge for a topic,
and can access text quickly and with no or few errors. Frustration reading
level includes text for which a reader does not have adequate background level
for a topic and/or cannot meet criteria for instructional levels of accuracy and
rate.
Independent Reading Level Relatively easy for the students to read 99% of
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75% comprehension
Frustration Reading Level Difficult text for the students to read who
job is to supply the words that have been deleted from the passage (Gellert &
Elbro, 2013). It can also be a helpful tool in determining whether or not the
reading material developed for a particular grade level is appropriate for the
demographic profile of the students when grouped according to age, sex, and
grade level & section in SFNHS and their reading comprehension level were
level of the SFNHS students and homogeneity of rating. Then, the data will be
tabulated to find out the result of the study. Pre-survey, frequency count,
Burns and Roe tally sheet, and averaging will be utilized. The output or result
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1.1 Age
1.2 Sex
independent?
This study was only delimited to the officially enrolled students of San
Francisco National High School, San Francisco Sur, Sudipen, La Union school
year 2019-2020. This is delimited only to the selected respondents of this study
participants were from San Francisco Sur, San Francisco Norte, San Jose and
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Bigbiga. However, on the conduct of the study, students who were absent were
not included. The focus of this study is to thoroughly determine the level of
mainly identify and assess the reading comprehension levels of the students in
The two main objectives of the study were primarily focused on enabling
instructional or independent.
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level.
The Students. This study will benefit the students in knowing their own level
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The Parents. This study will be of great significance since they can assist their
The Future Researchers. This research study will make them aware and
respondents.
Definition of Terms
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Fluency - defined as the ability to read with speed, accuracy, and proper
expression.
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https://repository.usfca.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?
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https://www.mathgenie.com/blog/importance-of-reading-
comprehension
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https://uurc.utah.edu/General/ReadingLevels.php
https://www.theclassroom.com/top-down-reading-model-theory-13028
https://www.readingrockets.org/article/critical-analysis-eight-informal-
reading-inventories
Almutairi, N.R. (2018). Effective reading strategies for increasing the reading
six pupils in the city division of Sorsogon, Philippines as basis for the
https://www.apjeas.apjmr.com
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https://mds.marshall.edu/etd
from https://wehavekids.com/education/Read
increase-reading-achievement
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