HOLY AI{GEL UhIIVERSITY

HOLY AI{GEL UhIIVERSITY

TIIE

RECEPTTVE

SKILLS IN READING

OF THE

INTERMEDIATE

PUPILS OF BRIGHTWOODS SCHOOL S.Y. 2007-2008:

A BASELINE STUDY

FOR

A

PROPOSED

READING CLINIC

A

Thesis Presented

to

the Faculty of the Graduate School

Holy

Angel

University

Angeles

City

In Partial

Fulfillment

of the Requirement for the Degree Master of

Arts

in English Teaching

CATF{ERINE B.

MARTINEZ

March 2008

HOLY AI{GEL UhIIVERSXTY

The Receptive

skills in Reading

of the

rntermediate Pupils of

Brightwoods

school s.Y.2007-2008: A

Baseline

study for

a Proposed

Reading

Clinic Catherine

B.

Martinez

Abstract

In

line with

the goal

of

Brightwoods School

to

move

from

good

to

great, tremendous

effort

^{has been exerted and}

^much

^changes have

been made to ^establish a learning

atmosphere

for

its learners that is

truly fun

and

lasting.

The English teachers who are

the

designers

of the English curriculum

^as

well

have been constructing

new ideas, revising the English syllabi,

^making

some recommendations

and

establishing programs

- ^{all in}

^the

name

of

change and improvement

in

order

to further

hone the communicative and comprehension

skills of the

students and to aid in their

holistic

development. The main aim of the researcher is

to

determine the

level of

the receptive

skills in

reading

of

the Intermediate pupils

of

Brightwoods

school which will

serve as a baseline study

or foundation for

creating

the

^proposed reading

clinic. ^{This is a}

descriptive analysis

of the

pupil-respondents' level

of

^foceptive

^skills in

reading and

their level of inclination towards reading. The San Diego Quick

Assessment

List, Heathinglon Intermediate scale, an observation checklist for

teachers and

a

series

of

reading tests

were

used

in this

study.

The researcher also adopted the descriptive method as

well

^as the correlation method

of

research

to

determine the exlent

to

^which

the variables are ^relateci.

Education and instruction exist and are practiced up to this day for the

attainment of one noble goal- to facilitate and aid in the process called learning-

the end all and be

all

of education and teaching. The practice of teaching or education requires individuals to confront ^{a host} of challenges. The practitioners

in this field, who are the teachers must minister to the needs of a number of young

people and at the same time, they should also aim to draw out the potentials

of