Reading comprehension of grade 8 students of Morong National High School Raphael G. Fernando... [et.al].

Thesis (Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English) -- University of Rizal System-Morong.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This study determined the level of comprehension of the Grade 8 underachievers of Morong National High School during the school year 2015-2016. This study was conducted in Morong, Rizal. This study was conducted for the reason that it will help the grade 8 underachievers to enhance their knowledge in terms of reading comprehension and it served as a great experience and preparation of the researchers for their student teaching next semester. The subjects of the study were the selected Grade 8 students in Morong National High School, there were 17 students selected. The respondents were the students who got an average of below 75 in the first and second quarter in English subject and were classified as underachievers. The said National High School has 12 sections for Grade 8 with a separate Pilot section. The research started with the reading of literary works and browsing the internet for construction of titles to be proposed. Then followed by the title proposal and the most acceptable and feasible title was "Reading Comprehension of Grade 8 Students of Morong National High School". After the approval, the researchers started to develop Chapters 1 and 2 by reading books related to the study, gathering related literature, and researching some legal bases to justify the study. After accomplishing chapters 1 and 2, the manuscript was then submitted to the research adviser for checking and prepared for the colloquium. The colloquium was held and the researchers worked on the suggestions of the panel chairman as well as the panel members. The researchers went to the setting of the study to talk to the respective officials of the school about the tutorial sessions. The Grade 8 teachers of English classified and gave the list of the grade 8 underachievers. After that, the researchers started to prepare the lessons and the enrichment activities for the study, the researchers then executed the pre-test, tutorial sessions, and the post-test thereafter. After gathering the data, it was followed by the interpretation of data then the researchers worked on chapters 3 and 4. The final defense was held, then the revision of the manuscript, and lastly the submission of the final copy of manuscript. On the level of Comprehension in reading of the grade 8 underachievers in "The Singa", "Bumboat cruise on the Singapore river" and "The changing morals of Korean students" as revealed by the pre-test and post-test results with respect to the following topics. "The Singa", the respondents performed fairly satisfactorily in the pre-test while in the post0test, they performed satisfactorily ; "Bumboat cruise on the Singapore river", the respondents performed fairly satisfactorily in the pre-test while in the post-test, they performed satisfactorily; and "The changing morals of Korean students", the respondents performed fairly satisfactorily in the pre-test while in the post-test, they performed satisfactorily. On significant difference on the level of comprehension in reading of the Grade 8 underachievers as revealed by the pre-test and post-test results. "The singa", statistically, the result of the pre-test and post-test is not significant; "Bumboat cruise on the Singapore river", statistically, the result of the pre-test and post-test is significant; and "The changing morals of Korean students", statistically, the result of the pre-test and the post-test is not significant. Difficulties encountered by the Grade 8 underachievers with respect to reading comprehension on: "Language", 15 out of 17 are having difficulties; "attitude", 9 out of 17 are having difficulties; "Learning Environment", 5 out of 17 are having difficulties; and "Social status", 2 out of 17 are having difficulties. Based from the summary of findings, it was concluded that the comprehension of the respondents improved after being exposed to enrichment activities for reading comprehension. Based from the findings and conclusions drawn, the following recommendations are hereby offered; conduct remedial classes regularly for the underachievers, use enrichment activities that would capture the attention and interest of the underachievers to help them in improving their comprehension, and conduct further studies using other variables.