Effectiveness of Repeat and Speak Approach to The Performance of the Kindergarten Pupils in Reading

AUTHOR(S)

Mercedita H. Nerida

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to determine the Effectiveness of repeat and speak strategy to the reading performance of kindergarten pupils. The findings of the study served as a basis of a proposed improvement plan. This study used the Quasi- Experimental method of research to determine the significant difference of the aforementioned variables. The researcher utilized Universal Sampling in identifying the respondents of the study. The test of difference between the scores in the pre-test and posttest reading performances of the kindergarten pupils before and after the integration of the repeat and speak strategy in the delivery of the most essential learning competencies in teaching Reading. Based on the findings of the study , there was a great improvement or positive effect on the integration of the intervention in learning the letter sounds. As the researcher glimpsed on the result of the pretest scores gained by the kindergarten pupils before the integration of Repeat and Speak Strategy is low compared to the scores gained by the Kindergarten pupils in the posttest or after the integration of the intervention and the increased on the score performance of the pretest and posttest resulted to the computed T value 0.992 which is greater than the critical t value of 0.265 which means that the hypothesis which states that there is no significant difference between the pretest and posttest performance of the kindergarten pupils before and after the integration of the repeat and speak strategy in the delivery of the most essential learning competencies in reading is rejected.
The result of this study implied that integrating intervention such as the repeat and speak strategy in the development of the reading performances of the learners is a big help and there are tendencies that it could really enhance or improve their reading skills specially that they are started learning the basic words and how these words created from the letters in the alphabet and at the same time how these words are properly pronounced based on the norms or standard in teaching.