Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education

Region V-Bicol

Division of CamarinesNorte

Gumaus National High School

Gumaus, Paracale

ACTION RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Title: Factors affecting the reading comprehension and intervention programs made in students of Gumaus National High School SY 2015-2016

I. Proponent: JOAN D. DEL CASTILLO

Paracale Cluster

II. Background of the study

Reading is an activity with a purpose. A person may read in order to gain information or verify existing knowledge, or in order to critique a writer's ideas or writing style. A person may also read for enjoyment, or to enhance knowledge of the language being read. The purpose(s) for reading guide the reader's selection of texts. The purpose for reading also determines the appropriate approach to reading comprehension. Reading is an interactive process that goes on between the reader and the text, resulting in comprehension. The text presents letters, words, sentences, and paragraphs that encode meaning. The reader uses knowledge, skills, and strategies to determine what that meaning is

. Reading comprehension is the heart and goal of reading, since the purpose of all reading is to gather meaning from the printed page. If a student says words in a passage without gathering their meaning, one would hesitate to call that reading.

Many factors contribute to the childs learning to read. These factors are classified as biological, environmental, and psychological. There is an inter relationship that exists among these factors (Dullman.1992).

Many students dont realize how important it is to be able to fully comprehend what you read. Being able to completely and accurately comprehend what you read is essential to your ability to learn, perform well on tests and ultimately succeed in school and in a career.

Anyone who desires to acquire effective study techniques would do well to improve his reading comprehension skills. Developing reading comprehension techniques is one of the two basic ways of improving reading skill, the other being developing reading speed. However, rapid reading is valueless unless what is read is understood. Thus, comprehension is the vital factor in efficient reading.

Evidently, English has been always noted as one of the most difficult subjects among the students of Gumaus National High School. One of the problems is the shortage of textbook and workbooks that will develop the pupils skills. Poor attendance of the students also affects their learning. Sometimes, calamities affects the attendance that may contribute to their learning aspect.

The goal of the researcher is to facilitate not only the learning of the students but also to improve teaching strategies of the teachers. The result of this research will show the weak points of the students regarding their reading comprehension skills. When these weak points are identified, the teachers will be able to think of approaches and techniques that would lead to the development of the students in reading area, thus result to improvement in their academic performance.

III. Statement of the Problem

This study was designed to determine Factors affecting the reading comprehension of Grade 7 students of Gumaus National High School SY 2015-2016. More especially this study sought to answer these problems:

1. What is the level of pupils reading comprehension skills?

2. What is the pupils academic performance in English?

3. Are pupils reading skills correlate with their academic performance in English?

IV. Significance of the Study

The study aims to benefit the following group of people:

To the Teachers The results of this study may provide teachers with objective data on which to base their efforts to improve the reading comprehension of pupils of different age levels; to help pupils develop reading rates appropriate to each kind and difficulty of materials; and to imply remedial techniques to overcome faulty reading habits of pupils.

To the students it will help them to be interested in reading and to have a good reading habit

To the School Administrator this study would encourage the School Administrators to develop a reading program that would be relevant to the needs of the young children today.

To the parents they can rely on this researchers findings as their source on reading instruction and use their understanding of the findings to identify other tools to help their children develop better reading skills.

V. Scope of the Study

The main focus of this study is Factors affecting the reading comprehension of Grade 7 students of Gumaus National High School SY 2014-2015.

VI. Research Design

Descriptive survey method was adopted, a set of questionnaire, check list and selection were used as the main tools in gathering pertinent data

To gather data, researcher made test is used. It is a set of test in reading made purposively by researcher to suit to present conditions among students. Unobtrusive method will also be employed in the study. It will collect data from the class adviser with regards to their class performance based on their report cards. Unobtrusive measures are measures that don't require the researcher to intrude in the research context. . This is where data collection procedures involve no intrusion into the naturally occurring course of events.

The reading comprehension skills was divided into 6 reading skills namely; word perception, noting details, getting the main idea, sequencing events, predicting outcomes and following directions. Each skill is composed of 5 items and so it has a total number of 30 items. Multiple choice questions were used, hence; the pupils will merely write the correct responses on the sheet.

VII. WORK AND FINANCIAL PLAN

OJECTIVES

ACTIVITIES

TIME FRAME

RESOURCE

REQUIREMENT

PERSON

INVOLVED

EXPECTED

OUTPUT

Ask approval from the School Head, PSDS,ASDS & SDS

Prepare letter for the approval of the Action Research

June 2015

Php 100.00

Teacher School Head, PSDS,ASDS & SDS

Approved letter for proposal

Prepare for the approval of the Action

Submit proposal

to Office Concerned

July 2015

Php 200.00

Teacher School Head, PSDS,ASDS & SDS

Approved proposal

Prepare the manuscript of the Action Research

Completion of the Research

August November 2015

Php 2,000.00

Teacher School Head, PSDS,ASDS , SDS & Respondent

Approved proposal

Completed

The Action Research

Submit the Completion

of the Action Research

Submission of the Research Completion

March 2016

Php 300.00

Teacher School Head, PSDS,ASDS & SDS

Approved proposal

Php 2,600.00

Very truly yours,

JOAN D. DEL CASTILLO

Proponent

NOTED:

CANDELARIA DELA CRUZ

Teacher-in-charge

MANUEL T. OBAL

Public Schools District Supervisor

RECOMMENDING APPROVAL:

JOY G. CABRERA AMY B. DUMAIL

Division Coordinator for Research EPS-Area Supervisor

CRESTITO M. MORCILLA

Assistant Schools Division Superintendent

APPROVED:

RUBY S. ABUNDABAR, CESO V

Schools Division Superintendent

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education

Region V Bicol

Division of Camarines Norte

Paracale District

Paracale Elementary School

June , 2015

RUBY S. ABUNDABAR, CESO V

Schools Division Superintendent

Division of Camarines Norte

Daet,Camarines Norte

MAAM:

I have the honor to submit the Action Research Proposal with the title: Factors affecting the reading comprehension and intervention programs made in students of Gumaus National High School SY 2015-2016 for your comments and approval.

Very truly yours,

JOAN D. DEL CASTILLO

Proponent

NOTED:

CANDELARIA DELA CRUZ

Teacher-in-charge

MANUEL T. OBAL

Public Schools District Supervisor

RECOMMENDING APPROVAL:

JOY G. CABRERA AMY B. DUMAIL

Division Coordinator for Research EPS-Area Supervisor

CRESTITO M. MORCILLA

Assistant Schools Division Superintendent

APPROVED:

RUBY S. ABUNDABAR, CESO V

Schools Division Superintendent