Teaching Of Reading in The Elementary Classes of San Isidro Integrated School in Toril, Davao City

AUTHOR(S)

MHEE S. PARAGSA

ABSTRACT

—— This study is an attempt to analyze teaching approaches, challenges and insights in teaching reading in San Isidro Integrated School, Kilate, Toril, Davao City. The study is divided into three parts; first part is the teaching approaches in reading of elementary teachers, then the challenges encountered by teachers in teaching reading, and the last one, are the insights of teachers in teaching reading to elementary learners. The study used a qualitative method. It presents common challenges in teaching reading in general. The study has the following findings: The approaches used by teachers in teaching reading in the elementary grades: synthetic phonics, look and say method, sounds through pictures, syllables through singing, and words that have similar sounds. These were their sentiments on the challenges of teaching reading: inadequate training, big class size, limited reading materials, inadequate parents’ involvement, and inadequate teachers’ knowledge. Teachers shared the following insights: difficulty in pronunciation, professional training of teachers, learners have inadequate phonemic awareness, and use of scaffolding. Teachers indicated that they improvise some of the instructional materials although they were still inadequate to serve the purpose of teaching reading. Therefore, teachers need to make use of the locally available materials to make instructional materials for teaching reading. Keywords — Teaching of reading, elementary teachers and learners, experiences, challenges, insights, integrated school