Reading Proficiency of Grade 6 Learners
Keywords:
Reading Proficiency, Grade 6, Learners, Bindoy, Negros OrientalAbstract
Reading proficiency is the essential skill required for academic success, and teachers must be able to identify the reading proficiency level of their learners so that they can plan for effective strategies that will help enhance their learners’ reading skills. This study aimed to determine the reading proficiency of grade 6 learners in oral reading, silent reading, and listening comprehension. The study was tested on 63 grade 6 learners using a self-made questionnaire that passed stringent tests of validity and reliability. The data were statistically analyzed using the mean and t-test. Overall, the reading proficiency of Grade 6 learners was at a frustration level. When grouped according to sex, distance of home from school, average family monthly income, and size of the family, the reading proficiency of Grade 6 learners in the areas of oral reading, silent reading, and listening comprehension was frustration level. Further, there was a significant difference in the level of reading proficiency of Grade 6 learners in oral reading when compared with family income and family size. Learners’ frustration rating in silent reading, reading comprehension, and listening comprehension stems from poor comprehension and trouble in understanding and drawing conclusions from a given reading material.
These calls for DepEd authorities, reading implementers, and school stakeholders to consider the reading profile of the learners in proposing remedial reading programs and in formulating intervention plans to improve the reading proficiency of the learners.
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