Studies have shown that reading and

understanding a simple text is one of the most

fundamental skills a child can learn (Pouezevara et. al,

2014). But determining what language will be used to

teach children is one of the most important decisions

that ministries of education make (Pflefsen, 2011).

This paved way to the introduction of Mother Tongue-

Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) programs in various

contexts around the world. Walter & Chuo (2012) said that in

their research, the outcomes indicate that the use of mother

tongue in the 12 experimental schools resulted in significantly

improved learning outcomes for the students in grades 1 and 2.

For four years , the researcher observed that

reading has been one of the major problems faced by

pupils and teachers.

In response to the Department of Education’s

goal in making every child a reader and a writer, the

researcher conducted this study to determine the

reading level of Grade One- Pumpkin pupils in

Hiligaynon using the Early Grade Reading Assessment,

to identify the difficult component level and to design a

Specialized Reading Workbook.

MTB education is instruction in a child‘s first

language (L1), usually with a planned gradual

transition to a second language (L2) or foreign

language at a specified time in primary school.

MTB instruction usually takes place exclusively in

the language most familiar to children. In some

cases, it may be provided as part of a bilingual or

multilingual education program.

The study aimed to do the following:

1. Determine the pupils’ reading level in

Hiligaynon;

2. Identify the difficult component level; and

3. Design a specialized workbook.

EGRA(Early Grade

Reading Assessment)

READING LEVEL

Design a

Specialized

Reading

Workbook

DIFFICULT COMPONENT

LEVEL

Research Design 

The study made use of the descriptive design

which work primarily on the description, analysis and

interpretation of situation in a problem 

Locale of the Study

The study was conducted at Osita Elementary

School of South District II in the City Schools Division of

Koronadal. It is located at Osita Subdivision, Barangay

Zone II, City of Koronadal. There is one (1) administrator

and twenty-nine (29) teachers of which three (3) are

Master Teachers, four (4) are Teacher III, five (5) are

Teacher II and the rest are Teacher I.

Respondents of the Study

The respondents were the thirty six (36)

Grade One-Pumpkin pupils.

Research Instrument/ Data Gathering Procedure

Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) is an

oral student assessment designated to measure the

most basic foundation skills for literacy acquisition in the

early grades. In this study, EGRA was conducted to

obtain the necessary data.

The approval of the Principal was sought before

the study was conducted. Right after the go signal, the

researcher personally administered the assessment

Reading Level Mean Percentage

1.Orientation to Print 1.94 64.67%

2.Letter name knowledge 8.97 8.97%

3.a. Letter sound knowledge 6.14 6.14%

3.b. Initial sound recognition 4.36 43.60 %

4.Familiar word reading 3.67 3.67%

5.Invented word decoding 0.58 1.17%

6.a Oral passage reading 1.00 1.54%

6.b.Reading comprehension 0.08 1.39%

The table shows that, 64.67% is in the

Orientation to Print level, 8.97% is in the Letter Name

Knowledge, 6.14% is in the Letter Sound Knowledge,

43.60% is in the Initial Sound Recognition, 3.67 % is in

the Familiar word reading, 1.17 % is in the Invented

Word Decoding, 1.54 % in the Oral Passage reading and

1.39 % in the Reading Comprehension.

However, it is important to note that pupils had

very low average scores. Most of them are only in the

first level, which is the Orientation to print ,thus, failed to

achieve the remaining levels which show that pupils

have difficulty in other component levels.

After determining the reading level of the pupils, it was found

that the difficult component levels are letter name knowledge, letter

sound knowledge, initial sound recognition, familiar word reading,

invented word decoding, oral passage reading and reading

comprehension.

It is therefore concluded that the researcher will design a

specialized reading workbook.

Dali na, Tuon ta Basa !

Workbook sa Pagbasa sa Hiligaynon

(Una nga Halintang)ni :

JOAHNE B. RAMOSTeacher I

Osita Elementary SchoolCity of Koronadal

 

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Ihambal ang ngalan sang mga masunod nga letra o tigbato.

Kilalahon ang mga laragway. Ihambal kon ano ang ila ngalan kag kon ano ang ila una nga tunog.

Use the Specialized Reading Workbook during Remedial

Instruction Program and even during Summer Reading

Camp to ensure that pupils are already readers when

they enter the next grade level

2. Administrator must:

Support the use of the Specialized Reading Workbook in

the Remedial Reading Instruction and Summer Reading

Camp of Grade One- Pumpkin .

3.Learners must:

Use the Specialized Reading Workbook in reading