READING PROBLEMS AMONG THE GRADE SEVEN STUDENTS

OF THE DARAPANAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

I. INTRODUCTION

Reading is a tool subject. If a child is deficient in reading he encounters

difficulty in all subject areas.

Reading is a process of getting meaning from the printed page and of

vocalizing in the words of the author the thought that was gained .It is a process
of interpreting symbols being drawn from the image, idea, emotion, or
experience of the author.

Present –day conditions demand an adequate education in an individual,

more so if the individual lives in a democratic society were success or failure is
conditioned by the way he uses his mental abilities and knowledge. A good
government is only as good as its people who can cope respect and create
civilizations in school that seeks the ever-increasing demands of the society from
the multiple problems and responsibilities that confronts them.

It is a known fact therefore that the principal cause of misery and poverty in
Asia is illiteracy. And I do believe that unless a school have made the children
illiterate, they have not done so much to help these children in their struggle for a
better life. The question is “Who are the literates?”They are those who can
effectively communicate their ideas both in speaking and writing. They are those
who can express themselves with clarity and understood by people. One of the
most important problems of our school today is the improvement of the quality
of instructions. Could be the K to 12 Curriculum help solve this problem? But such
improvement of the quality of instruction depends in the measure upon the
children’s ability to read and to comprehend various printed materials.

Even though the children knows how to read and interpret these materials,
they are practically barred from learning effectively the other subjects of the
curriculum. It is for this reason that I Came to think of making a study on the
comprehension among my Students at Darapanan National High School.
 ll. BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM

For almost a year that I’ve been handling the English language and with the
observations I’ve made with our formal discussion in my subject area problems
arises as reading difficulties among students, with an utmost poor comprehensions
and recitations. Mispronunciations, repetitions, omissions, substitutions and non-
recognition of words were also observed.

It is said to be that these days of mass communication when we are

imbued with a big number of reading materials treating almost every subject under
the sun, many of our students have lost the desire to read.

This report aims to determine and to find out the reading difficulties
and poor comprehension among Grade seven Students. That it may due to poor
reading abilities of our students.

More specifically this report seeks to answer some questions:

1. What are the common problems involved in reading?

2. How do Magazines and the like influence our students’ desire to read?
3. How do cellular phones motivate the students to read?
4. What are other factors cause our students dislike for reading?
5. What particular experiment has been conducted to find out some of the causes of
poor reading comprehension of our students?

III POSSIBLE CAUSES OF THE PROBLEM

Because of the loss of our students desire in reading, their reading skills have
greatly deteriorated. Many of our students do not understand what they are reading about.
They lack understanding and expression. They could not summarize what they have read. The
result is an increasing number of students inadequately prepared for college and eventually job

IV ACTION MADE

It shows that after the observations made remedial measures is necessary. Time
allotment should also be made and teachers should not stop giving remedial measures.

The wide circulation of magazines would bring both good and bad virtues.
Reading magazines greatly affects children attitudes towards reading which brought
unimaginative reading and reading books has become distasteful to them. The existence of a
variety of communication gadgets, movies and televisions greatly affects our children study
habits. Poverty, indifference of parents, illiteracy among parents themselves, lack of follow-up
at home and maybe a poor instructions greatly contributes to the poor reading abilities and
comprehension of students.

V SUMMARY OF READING REPORT

With the present trend in our educational system wherein most of the products
of our high school students are found to be inadequately prepared for college, in similar
manner an increasing number of college graduates turned out to be inadequately prepared for
a job. It needs more studies to be done to enrich and revitalize the present curriculum. Only by
so doing will be assured of better, well adjusted and intelligent citizens of our country in the
future for they will be our leaders tomorrow.

VI RECOMMENDATIONS

This report will possibly recommends the following to help solve this problems. 1.)
Teachers should fill up their classrooms with visual aids to increase students appetite for
reading. 2.) Teachers should help students make their study schedules. 3.) More and vivid
motivations must be provided to arouse interest in reading. 4.) Both recognition and meaning
should be given emphasis in teaching English. 5.) Students must provide dictionary for the
better understanding of words. 6.) Teachers should devote time in reading for phonics, as
remedial period. 7.) Teachers from time to time must have a thorough practice on correct
pronunciation so that they can be the model of their class.
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REPORT ON

READING PROBLEMS AMONG THE GRADE SEVEN STUDENTS

OF THE DARAPANAN NATIONAL HIGHSCHOOL

SUBMITTED BY

MR. RAYMUND S. MONTOYA

(Grade Seven Teacher)

SUBMITTED TO

DR. DINAH ABDUL, AL HAJ

(English Coordinator)

April 2013