Factors Affecting Learners’ Reading Proficiency In Classes Among Rural Elementary Schools

AUTHOR(S)

LURINA A. MACEDA

ABSTRACT

—— The study is aimed at determining the factors affecting pupil’s reading proficiency in elementary schools. A descriptive-survey method of research was used in this study. The study utilized one (1) public elementary school, the San Juan Elementary School of Agdao, Davao City. The results revealed that the factor that significantly affects the reading proficiency is the teacher factor. The study concluded that the identified factors considered had a significant effect on the reading proficiency of the learners in classes. On the learners’ information variable, the study revealed that gender, age, and family income do not affect the reading ability of the learners because the respondents of the study are from far- flung barangays and that this profile does not have any intervention as reflected in the PHIL-IRI test results. It was also found out that only teacher factor and pupil factor adversely affected the reading proficiency of the pupils. Further, it is recommended that the teachers who are considered as molders of the pupils’ competencies especially on the ability to read, should find ways to bridge this gap by providing a lot of reading materials to the pupils and let the pupils borrow them for the parents or any of the family members to have a guide in teaching reading at home. Keywords — Reading proficiency, elementary leaners, teacher factor, descriptive-survey design