The Project Boomerang: Evaluating Factors and Challenges in Learner’s Reading Performance

Dante Sardina; Sherie Bohol; Blessy Magrata; Matthew Naval; Sittin Sultan

doi:10.55927/ajcs.v4i1.12007

Authors

Dante Sardina Gordon College
Sherie Bohol Gordon College
Blessy Magrata Gordon College
Matthew Naval Gordon College
Sittin Sultan Gordon College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55927/ajcs.v4i1.12007

Keywords:

Reading Program, Reading Comprehension, Emotional Response, Teaching Strategies, Alphabetic Knowledge

Abstract

This study investigates all the challenges and factors affecting the learners' of East Tapinac in terms of their reading performance, especially those difficulties related to alphabetic knowledge, reading comprehension, emotional responses to reading, as well as the effectiveness of teaching strategies employed by the students' teachers of Gordon College, BSEd English. The mixed-method approach adopted for the present study understands such difficulties with a representative sample of young readers by merging qualitative observations and interviews with the learners. The study suggests that the various challenges confronting the struggling reader demand a multi-modal approach with frequent reading practice and bespoke treatments. These findings add to making more effective literacy programs so that children can become proficient readers.

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