ABSTRACT
Title: Common Oral Reading
Difficulties of Grade VII Students of Gabao National High School
Author: Ms. Aisa Bajaro Edza
School: Veritas College of
Irosin
Degree: Bachelor of
Secondary Education
Yr. Completed: 2016 No.
of Pages: 4
Problem:
This study was concerned with the Common Oral Reading
Difficulties of Grade VII of Gabao National High School during the year
2015-2016.
Specifically sought answer to the following questions:
1.
What are the
Common Oral Reading Difficulties of Grade VII students of Gabao National High
School?
2.
Which gender have
more Oral Reading Difficulties?
3.
What are the
following causes of the Common Oral Reading Difficulties?
4.
What are the
effects of these following Common Oral Reading Difficulties on the students’
performance?
5.
What measures
could be proposed to minimize or eradicate these Common Oral Reading
Difficulties?
This study was deemed significant for it opened the
reader’s eye and mind to the realization that oral reading plays a vital
aspects in the entirety of the reading program. It provided administrators and
teachers basic information about student’s difficulties in oral reading
difficulties in oral reading and thus pave the way for improving strategies and
structural visual intended to improve one’s oral reading skills (Mrs. Lorna B.
Padura). In addition to this, this study visualize facts and problem of Grade
VII students in Common Oral Reading as well as the measure could be proposed to
this. The study was presented under the following: Definitions of reading and
reading difficulties, reading difficulties and academic performance, poor
academic performance and social/emotional adjustment, prevalence of reading
difficulties, gender differences in reading and finally, reading difficulties
and learning disabilities.
This study was conducted to 254 respondents of Gabao
National High School during the year 2015-2016. Of this number, Ninety Eight
(98) are Males and One Hundred Sixty (160) are females.
Using the Descriptive methods, the researcher based
this format to the study of Mrs. Lorna B. Padura. In addition, the researcher
based her survey data from the survey of Mrs. Lea E. Dineros (Secondary Adviser
and teacher in Biology Science) last may 18-20 for the up-coming Grade VII.
Findings:
Based
on the gathered data, the findings are the following:
1.
The Common Oral
Reading Difficulties in of Grade VII are the following:
o
Reading silent
letters
o
Ignoring the
punctuation mark
o
Word for word
reading
o
Intonation and
sentence stress
o
Pronounciation
o
Word difficulty
o
Omission of words
o
o
Word recognition
errors
o
Comprehension errors
o
Inappropriate word grouping
o
Ignored or misinterpreted punctuation
The Oral Reading habits associated
are the following:
v Lack of face expression
v Softness of voice
v Lip biting
v Hand mannerism
v Feet Dancing
v Face to face reading of the article
2.The Gender with more Oral Reading problems:
o
Males have more
Oral Reading Difficulties than Females.
3. Causes of
the Oral Reading Difficulties
Based on the teacher’s perceptions,
the causes of the Oral Common Reading Difficulties were as follows:
o
Poor study habits
o
Gadgets
o
Escape and
Absenteeism
o
Low literacy
Skills
o
Low students I.Q
o
Lack of interest
in the study
o
Shy
o
Fear
o
Low self-confidence
o
Poor eye sight
o
Poor teaching
strategies
4. The
Effects of the Common Oral Reading Difficulties in Students performance:
o
Fear to read
infront
o
Low self –esteem
o
Poor social
relationship
o
Significant drop
in their confidence to learn succeed
o
Low motivation to
achieve goal
5.Measures that could be
proposed to the student to minimize or eradicate the Oral Reading Difficulties
o
Motivate and
provide a reading materials such as books, novels and etc.
o
Comprehension
monitoring
o
Use of graphic
and semantic organizers, including story maps
Conclusion:
Based on the data gathered, the conclusion being
formulate is: The common oral reading difficulties are reading silent letters, Ignoring
the punctuation mark, Word for word reading, Intonation and sentence stress,
Pronounciation, Word difficulty, Omission of words, Word recognition errors,
Comprehension errors, Inappropriate word grouping, Ignored or misinterpreted
punctuation,Males have more Oral Reading Difficulties than Females. Based on
the teacher’s perceptions, the causes of the Oral Common Reading Difficulties
were as follows:Poor study habits, Gadgets, Escape and Absenteeism, Low
literacy Skills, Low students I.Q, Lack of interest in the study, Shy, Fear, Low
self-confidence, Poor eye sight, Poor teaching strategies, the Effects of the
Common Oral Reading Difficulties in Students performance are Fear to read
infront, Low self –esteem, Poor social relationship, Significant drop in their
confidence to learn and succeed, Low motivation to achieve their goal, the measures
that could be proposed to the student to minimize or eradicate the Oral Reading
Difficulties are Motivate and provide a reading materials such as books, novels
and etc., Comprehension monitoring, Cooperative thinking, Use of graphic and
semantic organizers, including story maps.
Recommendation:
o
Comprehension monitoring: Students
learn how to be aware of their understanding of the material.
o
Cooperative
thinking: Students learn reading strategies together.
o
Use of graphic
and semantic organizers, including story maps: Students make graphic
representations of the materials to assist their comprehension.
o
Question
answering: Students answer questions posed by the teacher and receive immediate
feedback.
o
Question generation:
Students ask themselves questions about various aspects of the story.
o
Story structure:
Students are taught how to use the structure of the story as a means of helping
them recall story content in order to answer questions about what they have
read.
