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The development of the internet has led to the adding of a lot of concepts starting with
“e-“ to our lives. E-mail, e-shopping, e-banking, e-commerce, e-government, e-signatures and e-
learning are leading concepts among them. Google Play Book App with growing reader/user
population are a book format that most of us have heard and used a lot lately because of their
long-standing history and the widespread use of information technologies. With different
definitions in the various sources, the e-book definition pertinent to this study is that of an
electronic format digitizing one or more printed books or a content completely produced in
electronic environment that can be displayed, accessed, published on a desktop computer, on any
hand-held device with screen or in any custom-designed electronics. They will of necessity
include a book reader hardware and rich text features software (adding bookends, text marking,
note taking, etc.) to allow for the same functions performed during traditional reading. Google
Play Book App can be read with numerous devices and tools. Such as Iriver eBook Reader,
Oblio E-Book Plus, Kindle, ReederLITE, reedPAD2, eInk as well as desktops, tablet computers,
iPhones and iPads, Blackberry’s, mobile phones, and navigation devices. Some portable music
players and Nintendo DS gaming consoles, can also be used to read e-books (URL 1).. For this
reason, having knowledge and experience in the use of ebooks for student-teachers, who are
training to become teachers, is important. The study thus looked for answers to such issues as
whether student-teachers read e-books; the relationship of this situation between the different
divisions in which they are studying and the role gender plays; reasons and preferences for
reading or for not reading e-books or printed books, and whether the preferences change in line
The primary objective of this study is to be able to design a new Google Book App. The
1. In conducting this research, it seeks to determine the Enhancing students reading ability
2. To add to a body of knowledge for the people to have knowledge and reading skills
3. A very careful survey to determine the response, awareness and acceptance of the
selected student of Grade 7 for using the Enhancing Reading skills through Google Book
App
THEORITICAL/CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
The primary focus of this study is to design a comprehensive and retentive Google Book
App presentation, the study will flow as shown in the figure below. The study will likely to loop
in the future mode and effect analysis using the cognitive load measurement in order to evaluate
the contents of the design, whether it will be helpful or stressful for the students.
Students comprehension
Students Retention
EVALUATION
Assess the needs and demands of the students for the design of the Google Play Book App
NEEDS presentation
ASSESSMEN
T
Incorporate the effect of changing backgrounds fonts and other application based on the related
PRODUCT studies to helpful improve human
DESIGN
FAILURE Measure the cognitive load exprerience by the students in using the design and assesses whether it
MODE AND helps or stresses the user thus improving design.
EFFECT
ANALYSIS
Program the databse in accordance to the results of the first two steps (product designed and failure
PROTOTYPE mode and effects analysis
MAKING
students will use the newly designed program analyze the results and feedback of the users.
PRODUCT
TESTING
The purpose of this phenomenological study is to establish information about the insight
regarding the Enhancing students select Grade 7 Reading Ability Through Google Book APP of
Specifically, this qualitative research seeks to answer the following research questions:
HYPOTHESIS/ASSUMPTION
The Selected students of Grade 7 of Canumay West National High School in Kaypandan
Canumay West, Valenzuela City are satisfied on the Services of Grade 10 Stundets Nitrogen
offered by the following students to enhance the reading skills through the app offered by Grade
10 Nitrogen by the performance, quality and fast and affordable app that contributes to help the
students to more exploring enhancing the Google Book App the selected students are satisfied by
The study seeks to gain insights regarding the evaluation of effects of the Enhancing
students select grade 7 students reading ability through Google Book App. This study aims to
help students in learning factors to be considered when reading skills, as well as to learn and
First, this study can help student to motivate the students in the learning process
especially reading and helpful for students will be able to create more enjoyable.
Second, the teacher this study also could give motivation to the english teacher to
The study covered selected Grade 7 Students of Canumay West National High School,
that will be interviewed in this research. Most of the respondents live in the area of Valenzuela
City especially the Junior High School of Canumay West National High School. Therefore, this
study will include questionnaires to gather information and to make this study more effective.
The respondent of this study are Selected students of Grade 7 at Canumay West National High
School
DEFINITIONS OF TERMS
Analyze
examine something and discover or reveal something through detailed examination and to study
Attention
Giving special care to someone or something and a condition of readiness for such
Benefit
The act of receiving something from someone an to be useful or profitable,to receive help
Process of converting code into plain text and it is the translation of a message that is
easily understood. When you decode a message, you extract the meaning of that message in
Goal
Dream to accomplish and is an idea of the future or desired result that a person or a group
of people envinsion,plan and commit to achieve and roughly similar to a purpose or aim, the
anticipated result which guides reaction, or an end, which is an object,that has intrinsic value.
Language
broader sense, is the method of communication that involves the use of – particularly human –
languages.
Motivation
Is the experience of desire or aversion you want something As such, motivation has both
an objective aspect a goal and an internal or subjective aspect it is you that wants the thing
Knowledge
Is the ability to carry out a task with determined results often within a given amount of
time, energy, or both. Skills can often be divided into domain-general and domain-specific skills.
Pronunciation
Is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-
upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect correct
Student
A person who goes to school to study,primarily a person enrolled in a school who attends
classes in a course to attain the appropriate level of mastery of a subject under the guidance of an
instructor and who devotes time outside class to do whatever activities the instructor assigns that
are necessary either for class preparation or to submit evidence of progress towards that mastery
Reading ability
Ability to read even difficult words and the ease with which a reader can understand a
written text In natural language the readability of text depends on its content the complexity of
Researchers
A person who conducts research that researchers looks for knowledge in general for any
A digital library where you can store as many books as you want and read it through your
mobile devices and it's also good for student to understand the story that app are useful sources
Memory
Is the faculty of the brain by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved
when needed. It is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future
action
Main purpose
Is to connect the ideas on the page to what you already know something set up as an
Internet
The internet is a global wide are network that connects computer systems across the
world. It includes several high-badwidth data lines that comprise the internet “backbone”. These
lines are connected to major internet hubs that distribute data to other locations, such as web,
Survey
data from a sample of that population and estimating their characteristics through the
systematics use of statistical methodology. Context the term survey covers any activity that
funcitons within a computer system. It can provide input to the computer, accept output or both.
A device can be any electronic element with sme computing ability that supports the installation
Cognitive Process
A number of tasks the brain does continuously, relating to, being or involving conscious
Chapter 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
reinforcing existing knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences and may involve
be aided by motivation. Also learning is understanding and recalling all the information
one has gathered may be through experience or other forms thereof. This is where
also learning; w
hen one reads something out of a book or other materials, he/she learns something out of
it.
A google book app search can be performed through google play, helping users
discover top bestselling ebooks available for purchase, as well as plenty of free Google
Books App for download. Users can download Google books numerous mobile devices,
have their ebooks synced across devices, so users can start reading a book on their phone
and continue from where they left off on their tablet at home.
The google book mobile app has some since features, like the built-in dictionary
and the synching capability, but for the most part Google Books App does little to set it
apart from competing ebook readers apps like kindle. Google Books App is the android
Forms a case study in multimedia University in Malaysia, Chong, Lim and Ling
investigated the students preference for page and content design of Google Book App.
Three e selected in portable document format, which differ in contents, appearance and
layout, are the selected as study materials. Results of the study show that navigation
design greatly affects overall ease of use of Google Book App and appearance and
content design have a great impact on the users overall impression on the Google Book
App
said that, there are many studies analyzing the effect of long passages in the
comprehension and retention of students and they resulted that short passages are
substantially efficient rather than those long ones. With this issue, fonts a population of
Uses and Gratifications approach, and so this approach will be discussed in a brief,
general way here. The Uses and Gratifications approach comes out of classical effects
research. The creation of Uses and Gratifications answered a need to explain motivations
for use, and functions of, the mass media. It was thought that media’s limited effects on
individuals had in using media (McQuail, 2011). Most relevant to Niche Gratification
Theory, the Uses and Gratifications approach suggests that people purposefully search
out certain types of media to fulfill specific needs. Uses and Gratifications researchers
also analyze what people do with different media formats (Pietilä, 2005), and the results
of studies using this approach explain how media can be better used for public
understanding. Early on, Uses and Gratifications researchers found that the audience has
an active role in selecting media for their own advantages and that they hold the reins on
usage, as opposed to the media entities themselves (Katz, Haas, & Gurevitch, 1973). The
experiences;
(4) social — strengthening contact with family, friends and the world; and
(5) tension release — the weakening of contact with self and one’s social roles.
The five categories highlight two broad types of needs: personal and social. This
is explained by the fact that generally, people use the media for self-gain or to
Chapter 3
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The survey
These responses helped the selected students of Grade 7 of Canumay West National High
School inform an survey instrument used to collect responses regarding the Google Book App
specifically, e-readers, tablet devices, computer.. A survey is best for assessing perceptions of
media use, which are based on the respondents’ personal assessments and not observations of
their behavior, and therefore surveys were appropriate for the present study.
The sample
The Selected students of Grade 7 is the population for the survey was a convenience
sample of Selected students in Canumay West Naational High School, kaypandan Canumay
West Valenzuela City. These are mostly young people and so they are likely to be familiar with
the technology of an emerging market. Junior High School students frequently use new
technologies in completing assignments, so they would more likely be comfortable with the
devices and familiar enough with them to answer the questions . Students also use Google Book
App for inconvenience reading app purposes, and their perceptions of digital books have
implications for society’s education in general. Finally, publishers will also be highly interested
in the perceptions, needs and gratifications of young users, as these represent students for the
near future
Procedure
In order to obtain results and understand the decisions that go into Google Book App ,
Junior High aged students were surveyed. In order to develop a significant data set, between 12-
13 years old and 7 students responses are desirable. Students were asked many questions based
on their answers to whether they prefer Google Book App. The main focus was to determine
what roles cost, usability, features, ability to share, and other options that students have choosing
if their satisfied the Google Book App to Enhancing the reading skills through the app by the
technology. These questions was prefer Grade 10 Nitrogen to conduct form of survey to the
Selected Students of Grade 7 so that students answered the survey questionnaire if there are
satisfied by the Google Book App to enhancing the reading skills through the app from the
selected students.
Data Collection
After selecting a specific students for the study. The researchers also collect data from
the students survey from selected students of Grade 7 Canumay West National High School.
Aside from the above, researchers also collect data from the respondents who answered the
questionnaire prepared by researchers and the data from questionnaire is Students information
Analysis
. The data was then analyzed through charts and graphs to see where the majority of
people fell in this debate. The majority of the questions required the participant to choose from a
list of predefined responses, making the distribution of answers easily formatted into a graph for
each individual question. By looking at the answers that the majority of people chose, it was
clear if there are satisfied by using the Google Book App to enhance the Reading skills through
the app.
n
Percentage: P= × 100 %
N
P = Percentage
N = Population
n = Sample size
Chapter 4
Survey Results
This survey was designed and conducted to determine the platform in which Grade 7
aged students prefer to read from. The chosen demographic was selected Grade 7 students aged
from 12-13. A sample size of 7 people was surveyed. The questions that were asked prominently
focused on the reader’s experience with the Google Book App to enhance the Reading Skills
through the App. They were asked about cost, how often they read, and which platform if they
Figure
DO YOU KNOW THE GOOGLE
BOOK APP? 4.1
YES
14% NO
86%
Based on the table above shows the services of Grade 7 Ilang-Ilang in selected Grade 7
Students in terms of Do you know the Google Book App. There are 6 or 86% respondents are
YES
NO
43%
57%
FIGURE 4.2
Based on the table above shows the services of Grade 7 Ilang-Ilang in selected Grade 7
Students in terms of Do you read the Google Book App. There are 4 or 57% respondents are
4.3
YES
N0
100%
Based on the table above shows the services of Grade 7 Ilang-Ilang in selected Grade 7
Students in terms of Do you want to read a story from Google Book App. There are 7or 100%
YES
NO
100%
FIGURE 4.4
Based on the table above shows the services of Grade 7 Ilang-Ilang in selected Grade 7
Students in terms of Do you think Google Book App is good for you. There are 7or 100%
86%
FIGURE 4.5
Based on the table above shows the services of Grade 7 Ilang-Ilang in selected Grade 7
Students in terms of Do you like reading using Google Book App. There are 6 or 86%
100%
FIGURE 4.6
Based on the table above shows the services of Grade 7 Ilang-Ilang in selected Grade 7
Students in terms of Do you think you can learn something from Google Book App. There are
1st Qtr
NO
43%
57%
Based on the table above shows the services of Grade 7 Ilang-Ilang in selected Grade 7
Students in terms of Do you think using Google Book App is way more better than the usual
book?. There are 4 or 57% respondents are YES and 3 or 43% respondents are NO.
80%
FIGURE 4.8
Based on the table above shows the services of Grade 7 Ilang-Ilang in selected Grade 7
Students in terms of Do you think reading Google Book App help your reading skills?. There are
86%
FIGURE 4.9
Based on the table above shows the services of Grade 7 Ilang-Ilang in selected Grade 7
Students in terms of Do you think Google Book App can motivate other students to read it?.
There are 6 or 80% respondents are YES and 1 or 20% respondents are NO
86%
FIGURE 4.10
Based on the table above shows the services of Grade 7 Ilang-Ilang in selected Grade 7
Students in terms of Do you think understanding the story book after you read it the app?. There
are 6 or 80% respondents are YES and 1 or 20% respondents are NO.
Chapter 5
DISCUSSION
a. Gender
b. Age
c. Educational Attainment
RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendations for this study would have been more time to conduct the study and a
larger sample size of students. To develop a sample size of students that were outside of the
Grade 7 area would also help to understand if these findings were consistent with people in
other areas. Additionally it could be beneficial to address renting the satisfied of the students
who’ve done the survey and there are satisfied by thee app to enhance the reading skills through
CONCLUSION
The purpose of this study is to find out how people if they are satisfied by using the
Google Book App , especially in the target market of Junior High School of Canumay West
National High School students within the age range of 12-13 years old. The study specifically
focused on gaining information from this target market through a survey aiming to dissect the
pros and cons of digital books or most known is Google Book App, when reading for school and
pleasure. The conclusions that were drawn from this study are from the target market of Selected
Grade 7 students in Junior High School at Canumay West National High School aged 12-13 that