SHR Offline Multimedia: Its Effectiveness in Improving Reading Performance of Grades I-III Struggling Readers in the New Normal

Abstract

Reading is an important skill to develop in every learner. The ability to read is one of the factors that affect the learning process. The study aims to improve the reading performance of the pupils through the use of SHR (See it... Hear it... Read it) offline multimedia. This action research investigated the reading performance of Grades 1-3 in Balide Elementary School. It covered the 26 pupils from Grades 1-3 as the respondents whose reading performance is low as reflected in the Individual Reading Progress Monitoring Checklist of the teacher. In this study, the reading levels of the respondents were categorized as can read, few sentence/phrases reader, CVC reader, syllable, and alphabet knowledge reader. Utilizing both quantitative and qualitative research methods, findings revealed that after the intervention there is an improvement of the reading performance of the respondents with respect to their reading level Interviews were used as the second gathering tool and the results showed that the pupils were becoming interested and motivated to read using the SHR offline multimedia. The results further showed that there is a significant difference between the respondents’ reading performance after exposure to the SHR offline multimedia before and after they used the intervention. This implied that the intervention applied is effective in improving the reading performance of the pupils as they were more engaged and motivated to read.