Reading Habits and Oral Reading Performance of Male and Female Grade 7 Students

Jenevieve  Lumbu an,; Ebrahim  Tikas,; Rebecca  Subillaga,

Reading Habits and Oral Reading Performance of Male and Female Grade 7 Students

Ebrahim Tikas | Rebecca Subillaga | Jenevieve Lumbu an

Discipline: Education

Abstract:

This paper investigated the reading habits and oral reading performance of male and female grade 7 students of Lambayong National High School during the School Year 2021-2022. It examined whether the reading habits related to the oral reading performance of male and female students, and whether reading habits and oral reading performance differed between male and female students. Male and female participants were randomly selected using proportionate allocation. A survey questionnaire was given and an actual oral reading was performed to male and female participants. Research revealed that most of the participants preferred to read silently as part of their reading habit. Moreover, the results shown that reading habits had nothing to do with the oral reading performance of male and female students. The reading habits between male and female students had no significant difference but female students performed better than male students in oral reading. On this basis, the Oral Reading Intervention for Students (ORIS) program was designed. It was recommended to adopt modules on oral reading for the designed program.

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