Abstract

The goal of this study is to determine which reading method gives better

comprehension upon 4th year Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

students in St. Rita’s College of Balingasag. A standardized reading

comprehension test were used upon 15 respondents to test the effectivity of each

reading method used. Fifteen students answered the reading comprehension test

and another fifteen students answered the next day. All of them have read

different passages with questions right after, using the two reading methods.

Results were shown and was interpreted by the use of independent

samples t-test. It was found out that silent reading method outperformed oral

reading having lower scores than the silent reading and the difference was

statistically significant.

This research was recommended to those people who can benefit regarding

this field and also for future researchers to help and guide them in their way to

finishing their own research. The findings of this research have some pedagogical

implications for the learning of the students using the best reading method.

Furthermore, using the method which builds better comprehension can help

parents in using this method to teach their children prior to their formal education.

Keywords: Silent Reading, Oral Reading, Reading Method,

Comprehension, Reading Comprehension Test

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 Acknowledgement

The researchers would like to express their sincere gratitude to many

individuals who have supported us and helped us in the way of completing

successfully this research paper. Without your support and guidance, this

paper would surely be difficult to accomplish.

First and foremost, we would like to thank Mr. Eman A. Lachica, LPT,

MAED Eng., for giving us the opportunity to discover many things through this

research and for teaching us how to do this along the way, for helping and

answering our queries regarding this research paper.

To the college school administrators for giving us the permission to

conduct this research paper inside the school perimeter,

Also to the college faculty for allotting a time for us to conduct this

research to our respondents during their class and for helping us in giving

instructions to the respondents so the floating of questionnaire would go

smoothly.

To the respondents of this study for cooperating well and for having

patience due to taking some of their precious time just to read the passage and

answering the test honestly and with effort.

To those people, family and friends, for supporting us morally – believing

that we could do this and reap what we have sowed– and financially in order for

us to complete this paper.

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 Lastly and most importantly, to the Almighty Father for guiding and

guarding us along the way making sure that we will accomplish this

successfully without harm done and also for the gift of knowledge and all the

values needed to accomplish this research paper

-Donna

-Rochelle

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 Dedication

This work is dedicated to:

Almighty Father

Mr. Eman A. Lachica, LPT, MAED Eng.

Our Family

Our Mothers and Fathers

And our dearest friends

Whose love and support has greatly helped us in achieving this goal of

ours to finish this language research in fulfillment to one of our major subjects

of our course. Without these people, this research would be very hard to

accomplish since it’s them who make this task easy to complete through their

support and urge to push us to do our best and that we can do it no matter

what.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE i
APPROVAL SHEET ii
ABSTRACT iii
ACKNOWLEGEMENT iv
DEDICATION vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS vii

CHAPTER

1 PROBLEM

Introduction 2

Theoretical Framework 4

Conceptual Framework 6

Statement of the Problem 7

Significance of the Study 8

2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

Review of Related Literature and Studies 9

3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Research Design 18
Research Locale 18
Sampling Design 20
Respondents of the Study 21
Research instrument 22

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Data Gathering Procedure 22

4 PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

Problem1 24

Problem2 27

Problem3 30

5 SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, and RECOMMENDATIONS

Summary 31

Conclusions 32

Recommendation 32

Bibliography 34

Appendix 36

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 LIST OF TABLES

TABLE

PAGE

1. Profile of the Respondents According to Gender 24

2. Profile of the Respondents According to Age 25

3. Profile of the Respondents According to Major 26

4. Test Scores of Respondents in Oral and Silent Reading 27

5. 2nd Day Test Scores of Respondents in Oral and Silent Reading 28

6. Independent Samples t-test for Silent and Aloud reading 30

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure

1. Schematic Diagram of the Conceptual Framework 6

2. Map of the Research Locale of the Study 19