Amplification of Reading Fluency among Grade 8 Students in English through Audio-Assisted Reading Strategy

Abstract

The main objective of the study was to identify the efficacy of the audio-assisted reading strategy in amplifying the reading fluency of the students. Further, it intended to ascertain the students’ level of appreciation of the strategy as an intervention in boosting the learners’ reading fluency. It is a descriptive type as it assessed the level of appreciation of students on the Audio-assisted Reading strategy of Grade 8 learners. Moreover, it quantified the students’ level of reading fluency specifically the word recognition skill and reading speed before and after the employment of the reading intervention as it employed the one-group pretest and post-test pre-experimental design. The participants of the study were the identified Grade 8 struggling readers of Ampayon National High School. The study revealed that the students’ reading fluency levels significantly improved after the Audio-assisted reading remediation. Furthermore, the data manifest that the level of appreciation of students for the Audio-assisted Reading Strategy is at a respectable level. It is recommended that teachers may utilize the said strategy as it was proven effective and they may consider attending learning and development opportunities to enhance their reading pedagogical competence.