INTRODUCTION

Over the years, concerns have been raised about the reading habits of the students
around the world. These concerns arise as a result of the relationship between the
competence and academic success.

In this generation, Reading Proficiency in English usually getting attach to people and
became applicable to connect unto the universe. The vitals of English Reading Proficiency
would probably change the instincts and perspective of people. That’s why we researcher
came to analyze and to get more info about the usefulness and importance of Living
Literacy. English Proficiency could make our capability to grow, expanse and ability to
have a academic excellences and also has ability to give publics a knowledge and
understanding.

The teaching of English as a foreign language occupies in an important place in the

Philippine education system. Although it is not the sole medium of instruction in
elementary and secondary stages, accessing key information at higher education in a
great variety of fields is often dependent, on having reading ability in English Reading is,
therefore, the most important skill for foreign language learners, because they have little
exposure to the target language outside the classroom and most of the information in
English comes through reading. ( Boss, 2022 ).

In the study of A1-Tamimi (2006), he stated that reading is a source of difficulty for
second language learners. The problems that they encounter are due to a number of
factors including lack of appropriate reading strategies, lack of background knowledge
related to the topic of the target language or lack of attitudes toward reading, to a name
few. Nevertheless, given enough time, learners can overcome their difficulties when they
receive the appropriate training.
 In the first quarter of this school year, the researcher observes that the student of
Grade-7 in Maria Aurora National High School have difficulties in understanding their
lessons in English. They also have difficulties in formulating sentences as well as in
paragraph writing. Further, the researcher has observe that a number of them can
recognize words in printed materials but have difficulties in answering when asked about
the printed material read. And, at the end of the first quarter of this school year, this
problem on reading was evidently mirrored in the poor results of their exams in subjects
where English is the medium of instruction.

This is definitely a cause for alarm because if these students cannot read properly,
then there is also a big chance they will have difficulty writing and speaking well. To
address thus concern at its very core, the researcher come up with this research so these
pupils can be trained at the earliest time possible to read very well. Through identifying the
pupils problem in reading, the researcher will able to come up with an intervention to best
enhance the students comprehension level.

The result of this action research will be the basis for formulation of an appropriate
reading intervention for the student of Grade-7 in MANHS By being able to come up with
an effective reading remediation program for this class, the researcher can prepare them
for upcoming challenges and likewise improve their competitive edge.

The ability to read English as a foreign language is fundamental to the language

proficiency of Junior High School ( JHS ) students. Though most Junior High School
students have learned English for several years, they are seldom to learn reading
strategies in order to improve their reading comprehension. In order to examine the effects
of reading strategies instruction on this students in English Reading comprehension, the
current study is conducted.