Reading for Understanding (RFU) Exercises in English for Second Year Secondary Students
Keywords:
Reading for Understanding (RFU), English, Exercises, Students, SecondaryAbstract
This study attempted to develop Reading for Understanding (RFU) Exercises for second year high school students and determine its effects on the development of reading comprehension among second year high school students of Samar National School. The study used the Gates Reading Survey, the teacher-made pre-test and post-test and the RFU exercises designed for second year high school students. Sixty (60) second year high school students of Samar National School enrolled for the school year 1997-1998. The entry reading grade capacity levels of each group based on the Gates Standardized Test ranges from a reading grade capacity level of an average child who is three months in grade III to nine months in grade V or an average reading grade capacity level of an average grade four and has been in the class for four months and seven days. The data presented in the pre-test and the post-test scores of the experimental and control group revealed that there is no significant difference between the mean scores of the two groups. Therefore, the hypothesis that there is no significant difference between the mean scores of the experimental and control group is accepted. The RFU exercises may be used for remedial teaching on the skills where students lag behind. They may be used to identify student’s strengths and weaknesses in specific levels of comprehension.
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