Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VIII
Division of Samar
Wright National High School
Paranas, Samar

Reading Comprehension Status of Grade 10 Students

Mark Angelo N. Gabiana

Proponent

Mrs. Angeline G. Abaigar

Research Adviser

S.Y. 2017 2018

 CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study

According Harry S. Truman he said Not all readers are leaders, but

all leaders are readers. It means that every time you read books you gain

knowledge cause I know that once your a great reader youll be forever

free and can live your own life. As student we should always read and

read to make our vocabulary more deeper or more wider. As a learner we

need to learn everything we need to get idea, we need to make

conclusions, and also we need to get lessons from it. But what if that

particular student cannot read well? What if that student cannot get idea

to what he/she is reading? How can they make conclusions? How can

they get lessons from it? Now thats the time that teacher or the student

herself/himself should do the actions. Just like Aristotle said that

Educating your mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

So it means that once youre up to something you need to first solve it by

yourself. All that happens in the world has always a great decision

making.

In our generation today some students does not give worth and

full value to their education. Because of the effects of globalization and the

influence of technology. A man is known by the books he reads by Ralph

Waldo Emerson. Reading is the best amour you can carry although out
your life. Reading will be your shield, your sword and will be your castle

cause if you read you are a free person.

In reading it is not all about just reading it is reading with

comprehension. Comprehension is one of the most important skill that you

should develop. Because developing Reading Comprehension is like

building your own house. By this skill you can understand, you can give

solution and you can give opinions. You can go to different places by

reading and comprehending every sentence that you read so reading just

like dreaming. And also Reading comprehension is the most basic part of

reading but many of us doesnt even know its meaning. But once a student

mastered the basic reading, every milestone will be easier for him/her to

overcome. Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. - Mortimer Adler.

So, coming up with the idea of finding out the Reading

Comprehension Status of Grade 10 Students in Wright National High

School might help the Teacher and the students as well to meet their

expectations.

Thus, this fact encouraged me, the researcher, to find out

the Reading Comprehension of Grade 10 Students in Wright National High

School.
B. Statement of the Problem

This study aims to discover and answer this following questions:

Can they internalize what they are reading?

Do students know what they are reading?

Why many of the students still do not know how to read?

Is reading comprehension important to the Grade 10 Students when

they go to Senior high?

What is the status of the Grade 10 students in terms of reading

comprehension?

C. Hypothesis
Based on the problems formulated the following hypothesis were derived
by the researcher.

Null Hypothesis

Reading Comprehension is not important to the grade 10 students

when they go to Senior high.

Many of the Grade 10 students knows how to read.

There is no significant effect to the Grade 10 students if they do

not know how to Comprehend.

 Alternative Hypothesis

Reading Comprehension is important to the Grade 10 Students

when they go to Senior High.

Some of the Grade 10 students do not know how to read.

There is a significant effect to the Grade 10 students if they do

not know to comprehend.

D. Significant of the Study

This study in finding out the status of the Grade 10 students in

terms of reading comprehension can help the teachers and the students

also who do now know how comprehend to help each. Like to adjust and

teach the students to read and also to comprehend what they are reading.

So each side will have benefits.

E. Theoretical Framework
Reading is one of English skills besides speaking, listening and

writing. It is the way to understand written messages. According to Nuttal

(2000:2) reading means a result of interaction between the writers mind

and the readers mind. It is the way how to the reader tries to get the

message or the intended meaning from the writer. In this process, the

reader tries to create the meanings intended by the writer, the reader can
get the message, and the writers meaning sense. According to Pang

(2003:6) reading is defined as understanding written texts. He says that

reading consists of two related processes: word recognition and

comprehension. Word recognition is defined as the process of getting how

written symbols correspond to ones spoken language while comprehension

is the process of making the meaning of words, sentences and connected

text. He adds his statement that the reader who has background

knowledge, vocabulary, grammatical knowledge, experience with text and

other strategies can help them understand written texts. Based on two

definitions above reading can be defined as the instantaneous recognition of

various written symbol with existing knowledge and it also can be defined

as comprehension of the information and the idea communicated. It means

that when a reader interacts with printed messages, he tries to get the

visual (written) information result or to get meaning in comprehending the

messages or the texts from the writer. It also can be said that reading not

only the process of getting the written symbols correspond to ones spoken

language but it is also the process of making the meaning of words,

sentences and connected text that can be called comprehension.

There are many definitions of reading comprehension accepted

from some writers. According to Klingner (2007:2) reading comprehension

is the process of constructing meaning by coordinating a number of

complex processes that included word reading, word and world

knowledge, and fluency. It refers to the ability in interpreting the words,

understanding the meaning and the relationships between ideas conveyed

in a text. He summarized reading comprehension instruction for the

teacher as following a three-step procedure: mentioning, practicing, and

assessing. That is, teachers mention the skills that the students want to

use, then they give them opportunities to practice those skills through

workbooks or work sheets, and finally assess whether or not they use the

skill successfully. Alderson (2000: 28) defines reading is an enjoyable,

intense, private activity in which the readers get much pleasure and can

totally absorb the reading. According to Pang (2003:14) comprehension is

the process of making sense of words, sentences and connected text. He

says that comprehension is the processes of deriving the meaning of one

word to another in a text. Readers typically make use of background

knowledge, vocabulary, grammatical knowledge, experience with a

text and other strategies to help them understand the written texts. From

the definitions above, reading comprehension can be concluded as the

ability to find the stated or unstated writers idea in the text. The essence

of reading comprehension is understanding all information delivered by the

writer. It also refers to the ability to connect between the words in a text,

to understand the ideas and the relationships between ideas conveyed in a

text.
 F. Conceptual Framework

Students

NEEDS TO
HAVE

Skills Knowlegde Time

Mangement

Writing Reading
G. Scope and Limitations

This study is only intended for the Grade 10 Students to find

out who among the Grade 10 Students who didnt know how to read and

to comprehend. I think my study is important so the teacher from the

Grade 10 will know is that particular student who do not know how to

read. Also this benefits most of the Grade 10 for the students will not

have difficulties when it comes in reading when they go to the Senior

high or the Grade 11.

H. Definition of Terms
Reading - is a complex "cognitive process" of decoding symbols in order to

construct or derive meaning (reading comprehension).

Comprehension - the action or capability of understanding something.

Reading Comprehension - is the ability to read text, process it, and

understand its meaning.

Teacher - is a person who helps others to acquire knowledge, competences or

values.

Teach - is the imparting of knowledge by a teacher or other knowledgeable

person.

Grade 10 - is the tenth year of school post-kindergarten or the tenth year

after the first introductory year upon entering compulsory schooling. In many

parts of the world, the students are 1516 years of age, depending on when

their birthday occurs.

Senior High - is a secondary school that students attend in the three or four

highest grades before college.

Generation - all of the people born and living at about the same time,

regarded collectively.