FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTING TO LOW READING SKILLS OF

STUDENTS AT ST. FRANCIS LEARNING CENTER, NIBANGON

MANGAN-VACA SUBIC ZAMBALES

Presented to the Faculty of the College of Teacher Education

in
ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF QUEZON CITY

In partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree

BACHELOR IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

A RESEARCH PAPER CHAPTER 1

BY:

JULIE-ANN PABALAN BEED-III

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 Background of the Study

Introduction:

Reading is one of the best skills that we can have in our lives. Reading is the

process of acquiring new learnings, through reading people can be more knowledgeable, it gives

ideas on the things that we don’t really know, reading is our light in pathing our darkest way. It

is the important component in leaning process and social interaction, reading is an crucial aid

worldwide. Learners reading ability must be improved at early ages young ones must be

familiarized in any simple sentences. Teachers are responsible to develop their reading abilities,

the teaching strategies, techniques, and instructional material that being use in the field sholud

meet the needs of the learners. It shoould level with the learning span of the learners. Teaching

strategies are obliged to catch their attention, as of now 21st Century learners are have a short

attention span, they are easily to distract during the class hours. In reading learning process

student must understand what the text trying to tell. There is such no things as a child who hates

to read, there are only children who have not found the right book (Frank Serafini). Some

learners are having difficulty in reading even the simple sentences, they can’t memorize it easy

even in how many attempts. They haven’t found the right reading materials that would help them

to develop their reading abilities. There is lacking between the strategies of teacher and self-

studying with the students.

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 St. Francis Learning Center (SFLC) is an school for Aetas but it also open for lowlanders

neighborhood, led by Franciscan of the Immaculate Conception Sisters (SFIC), located in Subic,

Zambales, established in 1995, it engage in education work both formal and non-formal.

Statement of the Problem

The problem is some of the students at St. Francis Learning Center have a loe reading

skills in any subject areas, even the Alphabets, it found more difficult now because they are in

modular modalities. Other problem in reading is lack of vocabularies and also pronunciation.

Purpose of the Study

The purpose of the study is to identify the different factors that contributing to low

reading skills of the students at St. Francis Learning Center (SFLC). And the possible main cause

of low reading skills of the learners, which focus on developing the reading ability skills of the

learners and improving the reading strategies use by the teachers.

Significance of the Study

The findings of the study expected to be useful for building the reading skills of the
students, especially the elementary students at St. Francis Learning Center in new learning
modalities. The result will help the teachers to choose the appropriate reading materials and
reading activities in accordance to the learning capability of the learners. It will help the teachers
to come up with another plan on how to hone knowledge of the learners in terms of reading
comprehension.

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To the researcher it will improved her knowledge in teaching reading methods, acquire new
learning strategies which she can apply in the filed of teaching. It is able to give positive
contribution for teaching in overcoming problems in reading comprehension. It gives another
experience in teaching reading comprehension.

Scope and Delimitations

Scope

This study focusses in identifying different factors that contributing to low reading skills
of Elementary students using Survey-Question-Read-Recite-Review. The reading ability is
being investigated in this study if the reader understand the text that being read, which the reader
can use its cognitive in manipulating any imaginations in their minds. It emphasizes the
macroskilss of the learners if the reading fluency and decoding ia already mastered by the young
learners.

Delimitations

This study is limited to Elementary grade level at St. Francis Learning Center, Nibangon,
Mangan-Vaca, Subic, Zambales.

Research Question

The questions below are constructed by the researcher, it serve as a guide to conduct this
research.

1. Do you have any reading materials at home? What are those?

2. Do video games have a good effect on young learners?
3. Did you use cellphones or any gadgets after class?
4. Does your teacher providing variety of reading references and exercises? What are your
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 5. Is your teacher conducting regular drillings of “English basicsight words” before, during or
before the class ended?
6. Do you have atleast small reading center or reading area in your community?

Definition of Terms

Reading Skills

It acquired through reading, such as comprehension, fluency, and independence. These skills
give people the ability to give clear meaning to the turn words on a page. These skills are
important because we read something in some form every day

Survey-Question-Read-Recite-Review

Is a reading comprehension method named for its five steps: survey, question, read,
recite, and review. The method was introduced by Francis P. Robinson, an American
education philosopher in his 1946 book Effective Study. The method offers a more efficient
and active approach to reading textbook material.

Teaching Strategies

Also known as instructional strategies, are methods that teachers use to deliver course
material in ways that keep students engaged and practicing different skill sets. An instructor
may select different teaching strategies according to unit topic, grade level, class size, and
classroom resources.

21st Century Learners

This generation of learners are unlike any generations before them. They’ve grown up in
a world surrounded by digital technology and are being asked to meet higher academic
standards.

Instructional Materials 5

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 Refer to the human and non-human materials and facilities that can be used to ease,
encourage, improved and promote teaching and learning activities. They are whatever
materials used in the process of instruction. They are a broad range of resource which can be
used to facilitate effective instruction. They indicate a systematic way of designing, carrying
out and employing the total process of learning and communication and employing human
and non-human resources to bring out a more meaningful and effective instruction.