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RESEARCH TOPIC: INVESTIGATING READING DIFFICULTIES AMONG CLASS SIX PUPILS OF WA BASIC SCHOOL COMPLEX

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Lambert Academic Publishing

Justice Agyei Ampofo

This book explores investigate the reading difficulties among class six pupils of Wa Basic School Complex in the Wa Municipality. The research gathered data from both secondary and primary sources and used the mixed method approach. The key instruments used for the data collection were questionnaire. A total of sixty (60) respondents (class six pupils of Wa Basic School Complex) who took part in this study were purposively selected. The study found out that lack in reading by pupils, laziness to read books such as novels, newspapers and magazines by pupils, lack of enjoyment of reading test outside classroom work, playing by pupils rather than reading during leisure time and lack of provision of reading materials by parents, lack of guidance by parents on pupils reading, no proper method of reading by teachers in teaching, lack of guidance by teachers on pupils reading, lack of instructional materials for teaching reading in school and lack of encouragement to develop the habit of reading at early age, parents negative attitude toward reading, and illiteracy of parents are factors causing reading difficulties among class six pupils of Wa Basic School Complex.

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Luckmore Gada

This study sought to identify the causes of reading difficulties affecting reading English among the rural Grade Six Learners in Bondamakara Cluster in Mutoko District. It followed a mixed research design approach. To obtain a representative sample of the population of primary schools, purposeful sampling was used, selecting two teachers and 70 learners from Mudzonga primary schools from the six schools in the cluster. Both qualitative and quantitative data was obtained from lesson observations and from reading tests, and findings revealed that, inadequate English reading materials, improper teaching methodology and insufficient English language development were causes of reading difficulties in Bondamakara cluster. Lack of English language development was a result of insufficient teacher-learner interactions during the English lessons. The results from the tests indicated that decoding, phonemic awareness, word recognition skills and comprehension might impede reading proficiency i...

International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation

Arleen Rivera

The main purpose of the study was to diagnose the reading difficulties of grade 5 pupils in English. The researchers made use of descriptive method to obtain the data on the reading difficulties, comprehension, and behavioral performance of the respondents. To gather the data, the researchers adopted the reading selections from Philippine Informal Reading Inventory as a tool in examining the reading level of the pupils. As for the respondents’ reading miscues and behavioral performance, a teacher-made questionnaire was used to determine the learning areas that require intervention. The findings of the study pointed out that grade 5 pupils had difficulties on word recognition and reading comprehension. They tend to mispronounce English words and their behavior affects their performance while reading. A proposed reading program was included in this study to provide a reading remediation to learners with reading difficulties. Alongside with this initiative, teachers may conduct drill l...

Language is considered a strong weapon to develop and strengthen the relationship between human beings. The purpose of language learning is to enable a man to communicate in that particular language. In daily life communication people need and use a variety of language skills-listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Reading is one of the four macro skills to be developed as a means of effective communication in both first and second language learning context. It is a common observation that most of our students cannot read a text with suitable speed and proper understanding. The study was conducted in order to identify the Reading difficulties of students in the subject of English and a survey type research methodology was adopted to collect the data. A Questionnaire was designed for 280 students from 07 Federal Government Schools of Punjab, Pakistan. 20 students from grade 9 and 20 students from grade 10 were randomly selected from each school by giving equal representation to all the schools. The collected data was analyzed through SPSS and a comparison was made among the results of different respondent's observations. At the end of the study, the findings indicate that a significant majority of the respondents were of the opinion that they encountered the reading difficulties in pronunciation, vocabulary, accent, silent words, abbreviations, grammatical structure and in narrative writings. Majority of the respondents suggested that their reading skill can be improved by daily newspapers reading and story books, by frequent reading drills, visiting the different libraries and by providing extra reading sessions in formal class rooms.

Habtamu Walga

The aim of this study was to find out the factors that affect students' reading speed and comprehension that are related to students, teachers, and school with particular reference to Grade Nine Manasibu Secondary of West Wallagga Zone, Oromia. A descriptive survey of quantitative and qualitative data analysis method was employed to carry out this study. 97 students and 12 teachers were selected using purposive and simple random sampling techniques. The data were gathered through questionnaires, interview and classroom observation. The questionnaires were used to explore the teachers', students' and school related constraints with respect to the learning and teaching of reading speed and comprehension skills. The interview and classroom observation supplemented the data obtained through the questionnaires. Numbers and percentages were used to analyze the collected data. The result of the study revealed that the teachers rarely played their roles to improve the students' reading speed and comprehension in the classroom reading due to lack of awareness. Besides, the main factors students' related factors that affect the students' reading speed and comprehension skills in the target grade level were such as carelessness, negative attitudes toward reading, poor background knowledge, lack of knowledge of using appropriate reading strategies to the purpose of the reading, lack of practice and low participation in classroom reading. The finding also revealed the problem related to school like less orientedness to the reading skills, lack of finance, lack of awareness, large number students in each class, unsuitability of seating arrangements to pair and group works and lack of access to teaching aids. Finally, on the basis of the findings, it was recommended that in order to improve students' reading speed and comprehension, above all, the students have to practice reading in the target language by reading in the library and at their homes and by participating activities in the classroom. To this end, teachers also ought to play prominent roles to improve the students' reading speed and comprehension. That is, they should use modern methodologies which give room for improvement of reading speed and comprehension and the students have to play their appropriate roles in doing against problems that hindered students' learning of reading skills. Besides, the concerned bodies need to deal with the problem of large class size and instructional materials related factors to alleviate the problem.

shafaque zaheer

The purpose of the study is twofold in nature, firstly to enumerate the reading difficulties among post-primary students and secondly, to explore the challenges that the teachers face in teaching reading to these students. There were three main objectives of this study. First, to find out the factors contributing to the development of difficulties in reading among post-primary learners, second to find out teachers' perceptions of students' reading difficulties and its relationship with the actual performance of learners. Third, to draw a comparison between the reading difficulties faced by the students of two different educational Institutions: government school and private school. The study was conducted in the vicinity of Dhanbad district and specifically concentrates on the post-primary learners, that is, the students of standard 6th and 7th. Two groups of students belonging to two different schools were made to participate in the study. The first group comprised of the s...

Gemechis T . Chali

In this study, the researcher has revealed how teaching reading skill is going on in some selected second cycle of primary school (5-8) of Oromiya region, Ethiopia. Forty English language teachers who teach second cycle of primary school in the two zones of Ormiya participated in the study. To assess teachers’ and students’ views about teaching reading, an in depth interview and classroom observation were conducted on the selected subject of the study. The study investigated if the teachers employed an effective reading techniques and how the students were accessible to reading materials. It was found out that the most important problems identified in teaching reading is that the less applicability of appropriate reading techniques by teachers and students’ lack of relevant reading materials as well. Qualitative research design was employed to analyse the data collected through thick word explanation. The outcome of the study revealed that reading is not given adequate attention in the schools the way it ought to, all the subject teachers rarely use an effective reading techniques and there are less access of reading materials for the students. It was also seen during the classroom observation that teachers are not in a good position to implement active learning methods ALM while teaching reading skills. Thus, the study has found that teachers were unable to provide effective techniques of teaching reading and they rarely used ALM. Furthermore, the study found that libraries were not facilitated with reading materials in order to motivate students towards reading. Key words: Reading skills; teaching reading; EFL Teachers; primary school (5-8).

Review of Education, Administration & LAW

madiha tahir

The paper aims at investigating reading difficulties that the primary school learners face in English language. Keeping in view the aim of the study, it was further divided into two research objectives: To find out the factors that were causing difficulties in reading English text and To find out the effects that such factors have on the students’ performance in reading a text in English. The data was collected using two separate tools for each of the research objectives. Data for the first objective was collected using a semi-structured interview with the English teachers of the mentioned locale of the study. For the second objective non-participatory observation was selected as a method to collect data which included a check-list as a tool to mark the effects in the performance of the students with respect to their reading texts in English Language. As far as the analysis of the data is concerned, it was thematically analyzed and the effects were mentioned following the discussion...

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