Enhancing Reading Comprehension Skills Through Balanced Literacy Approach

Education

Reading comprehension remains one of the biggest concerns among elementary students in the Philippines. Hence, this true experimental study aimed to enhance the reading comprehension of the Grade 5 students at Cateel Central Elementary School through Balanced Literacy Approach. There was a total of 31 respondents with low reading comprehension skills. A Balanced Literacy Approach was applied by using activities such as interactive read-aloud, shared reading, guided reading, and independent reading. Moreover, the results revealed that the level of the pretest score of the respondents was fairly satisfactory in reading comprehension. After the intervention, their post-test scores significantly improved, indicating a very satisfactory performance in reading comprehension. The overall performance implied that using Balanced Literacy Approach as an intervention enhanced the reading comprehension skills of the respondents. The findings of this study have important benefits to school administrators, teachers, parents, students, and future researchers.

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