Effect of Motivation on Reading Activity and Text Comprehension of Adult Filipino Deaf Learners

Abstract

Reading is an important facet of the literacy enhancement of an individual. Studies in reading comprehension and the variables affecting it are considered important because society gives much importance to reading and demands higher literacy rates. While there is a plethora of research on reading motivation among learners, there is a scarcity of studies that deal with reading motivation among learners with physical disabilities. Hence, the present study aimed at investigating the link between the Filipino deaf learners’ reading motivation and reading activity and comprehension of English texts. The researchers used Parault and Williams’ (2010) Reading Activity Questionnaire and Motivation for Reading Questionnaire (MRQ) as instruments to answer the research questions. The results of the study revealed that there is no significant relationship between reading motivation of deaf learners and their reading amount and text comprehension. Nonetheless, the study may have implications for the current deaf bilingual literacy curricula in local schools, particularly in addressing Filipino deaf bilinguals’ motivation for reading.