FACTORS AFFECTING THE LEVEL OF READING

COMPREHENSION AMONG GRADE 6 PUPILS AT

VILLAREAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DURING
MODULAR DISTANCE LEARNING
Baculna, Divine Grace G.
Bernus, Jonvir A.
Dionson, Shayra E.
Divinagracia Hannah G.
Espinosa, Rose Anne
Lindayao, Hillary
Sala, Jackielyn C.
 INTRODUCTION
▪ Reading comprehension is the ability to conclude and understand
the content and main ideas of a book correctly.

▪ Anyone who wants to learn how to study well should work on their
reading comprehension abilities.

▪ With the spike of the COVID-19 Pandemic, one of the

struggles that elementary teacher face is monitoring the
reading comprehension progress of the pupils.
Due to pandemic modular distance
learning now used in elementary
schools, in which Self-Learning
Modules are used as a medium for the
teaching-learning process where
parents teach and the home serves as
the learning environment.
The situation at home has a huge impact on a child's
performance in school. Many families are facing severe
challenges at this time, especially those who belong to low-
income families, where their top priority is finding food
and daily needs, so they are losing time to motivate and
encourage their children in their studies, and it results in
children feeling demotivated about their studies. For a
variety of reasons, not all homes are conducive to learning.
Current report shows that many elementary pupils are
having difficulty on the reading comprehension especially
during this pandemic. Due to this, the researchers
decided to choose this specific study about FACTORS
AFFECTING THE LEVEL OF READING
COMPREHENSION AMONG GRADE 6 PUPILS AT
VILLAREAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DURING
MODULAR DISTANCE LEARNING.
STATEMENT OF THE POBLEM
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
This study aims to determine the factors affecting the level of
reading comprehension among grade 6 pupils at Villareal
elementary school during modular distance learning
Specifically, this study seeks to answer the following questions;
1. The demographic profile of the respondents in terms of;
1.1. Age
1.2. Sex

2. The Factors that affects their reading comprehension during modular learning in terms of;
2.1. Environment (Home Factor)
2.2.Parent’s Factor
Learner Factor
3. Reading strategies

4. What is the level of reading comprehension of Grade six pupils at Villareal Elementary School?
 REVIEW ON RELATED LITERATURE

Khar-Diya A. Abbas(2021)- There is no significant difference on

students’ reading comprehension difficulty level amidst the use
of modular distance learning approach as perceived by the
students that resulted to the acceptance of the null hypothesis

Mila Bunijeva (2017) – Children having little or no motivation

from the parents become demotivated to study.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The result of this study will be of great benefit for the following:

▪ Pupils of Villareal Elementary School

▪ Parents of the Pupils
▪ The Teachers of Villareal E/S

▪ The Researcher

▪ Future Researcher
SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
The study mainly focuses on seeking out the factors that
affect the level of reading comprehension of the Grade 6
pupils at Villareal Elementary School during modular
distance learning.

This study will be subjected to grade 6 pupils at Villareal

Elementary School, where a standard questionnaire and
PHILIRI mid-school year implementation results will be
utilized by the researchers.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

RESEARCH DESIGN

RESEARCH RESPONDENTS

RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT

DATA GATHERING PROCEDURE

 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

RESEARCH DESIGN- The researchers integrated the use of

survey Method and Correlational Design. Survey methods
involved questionnaires that will be disseminated to the
respondents in order to provide information that will answer the
problem of the study. At the same time, Correlational design is
also use from the sense that it identify the level of reading
comprehension during modular distance learning.
RESEARCH RESPONDENTS

The respondents of this study are the grade six pupils of

Villareal Elementay School who is presently enrolled in the
year 2021-2022. With 27 male and 17 female, a total of 44
grade 6 pupils will participate as respondents in this study.

- The aforementioned data are gathered from the official

records from the principal’s office as of February 7, 2021.
 ENVIRONMENT
This study will be conducted on the grade six pupils studying at Villareal
Elementary School located at the National Road, Purok Masagana, Barangay
Villareal, Bayawan City.

Figure 2. Vicinity map of Purok Masagana, Barangay Villareal, Bayawan

City
 Data Gathering

The researcher coordinated with Villareal Elementary School and asked

permission to acquire the number of respondents enrolled in the school year
2021–2022.
The researcher adapted a survey questionnaire derived from
journals.researchparks.org/index.php/IJIE/article/view/141 to be utilized as a
data collection tool for the investigation.

The researcher then presented the questionnaire to the teacher of grade 6 pupils.
The researcher requested permission from the teacher to deliver the questionnaire
with their modules.
Following the completion of the questionnaires by the students, the data was
gathered by the researcher. After the data collection, the researcher will evaluate
and analyze the material in order to come up with conclusions and suggestions.
ADAPTED FROM

https://journals.researchparks.org/index.php/IJIE/arti
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Factors Affecting the Reading Comprehension Level

of Grade VI Learners of Selected Elementary School
in the District of Tanza, Cavite
Amado Montera Cadiong (2019)
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Selected Elementary School in the District of Tanza, Cavite
https://journals.researchparks.org/index.php/IJIE/article/view/141

Manilyn Vegare Miñoza1 , Marites Atilano Montero2 (2019)

READING COMPREHENSION LEVEL AMONG INTERMEDIATE LEARNERS https://

files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED596833.pdf

Torres, Rossana (2019)- factors Affecting the Reading Comprehension of Intermediate Level Learners: Basis for An
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https://
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Khar-Diya A. Abbas(2021)- Factors Influencing Students Reading Comprehension Difficulties Amidst the Use of
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http://journalsocialsciences.com/index.php/oaijss/article/view/78

Maša Đurišić*1 and Mila Bunijevac (2017) Parental Involvement as a Important Factor for Successful Education

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