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HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY

READING

COMPREHENSION

AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS READING

OF SELECTED SECOND

YEAR TEACHER EDUCATION

STUDENTS

OF

HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY

S.Y. 2007-2008:

IMPLICATIONS

ON TEACHER

PREPARATION

FOR

READING INSTRUCTION

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CI-IEDRO UI

presented to the

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^craduate School

Holy

Angel University

Angeles

City

,

In Partial

Fulfillment of

.

the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in English Teaching

Abraham

Lpffi"Pedro

August

2008

HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY

Reading Comprehension and

Attitude

towards Reading

of

Selected Second Year Teacher Education Students

of

Holy

Angel

University

S.Y. 2007-2008:

Implications on Teacher Preparation for Reading Instruction

Abraham

L.

San Pedro

Abstract

There

is

a

growing

body

of

evidence that teachers

significantly

affect

children's reading achievement. In this vein, the

^researcher

conceptualized

this

descriptive study,

which

sought

to

determine the reading comprehension and attitude towards reading

of

future teachers

of

^reading,

specifically, 91

second year teacher education students

of Holy Angel University during School Year 2007 - ^2008.

^Results

showed

that majority of the

selected students (83.5%), regardless

of

gender

and major,

have

positive

attitude towards reading. However,

majority (81.3%),

regardless

also of

gender

and major, have

poor reading

proficiency.

Thus, measures should be undertaken

to

improve the reading comprehension

of the

selected teacher education students as part

of

their sound preparation as reading instructors.