Improving the Reading Performance Level of Grades 4 to 6 Struggling Readers in English Through Project 2TK (Teacher Ko, Tutor Ko)

Chona  P. Formento,

Improving the Reading Performance Level of Grades 4 to 6 Struggling Readers in English Through Project 2TK (Teacher Ko, Tutor Ko)

Discipline: Education

Abstract:

The main purpose of this study is to improve the reading performance level of Grades 4 to 6 struggling readers in English of Camandiison Elementary School through Project 2TK during the Academic Year 2020-2021. The study used a quasi- experimental method of research to measure the performance level in reading English before and after the implementation of the “Project 2TK” wherein thirty-one (31) Grades 4 to 6 struggling readers purposively selected and served as respondents of this study. The study revealed that there was an increase in the computed mean score after the implementation of the intervention. Further, there was a significant difference on the reading performance level of grade 4 to 6 struggling readers in English before and after the implementation of project 2TK. It was claimed that Project 2TK improved the reading performance level of Grades 4 to 6 struggling readers in English. The study highlighted the importance of teacher assistance to serve as tutor this time of pandemic in addressing the struggling readers in English.

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