Factors affecting reading Comprehension in Cebuano and English Language Texts

Abstract

The main objective of the study was to determine the factors affecting reading comprehension in Cebuano and English language texts of Grade Six pupils in School X, School Year 2019 – 2020 with the end view of proposing an action plan to improve students’ reading comprehension in English language. The researcher utilized descriptive – survey research design. There were two sets of instruments, one was a reading comprehension test and the other was a survey questionnaire. As used in the study, intrinsic factors include motivation, reading style, attitude, and physical condition. In addition, extrinsic factors include teachers, family members, peers/classmates, and environmental condition. Based on the result, the respondents fall in the inferential level of reading comprehension in both languages. Among the intrinsic and extrinsic factors, motivation has greatly influenced respondents’ reading comprehension in both languages. Moreover, there was no significant difference between respondents’ reading comprehension in both languages. In Cebuano and English texts, there was no significant difference between factors affecting their reading comprehension. Moreover, results showed that respondents’ level of reading comprehension in Cebuano was higher than their reading comprehension in English texts. Hence, an action program was proposed to improve respondents’ reading comprehension in English language.