Factors That Affect Reading Comprehension of Grade 12 Students of Bilad High School

CHAPTER 1
Factors that Affect Reading Comprehension of Grade 12 Students of Bilad High School
INTRODUCTION
Reading is one of the most essential skills and starting point of the individual to learn everything
around her/him these skills empower learners to understand text, images and their message to
deepen their new learning. This is condamentally important to attain and achieve learning in
school and through life. Based on some previous studies above, the students are always having
their own problems while doing English comprehension. The problems and ability from one to
other students are different, because of that the writer is going to conduct a a study related to the
similar topic. Grade 12 students' ability in doing English Reading Comprehension test. The focus
of this research is to find the factors which makes gap between the higher and lower rank in
reading comprehension test level in Grade 12 students of Bilad High school study group at
advances reading comprehensions.
Reading has been always powerful ability to boost one’s mind. It involves working with physical
and mental aspect which it requires eyes to see the words and mind to access what everyone
means. If you have comprehension skills, you are able to understand the text you are reading it is
very important for the readers to develop these skills because without it, how would the reader
absorb every knowledge.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
What are factors that affect students reading comprehension ability?
What are factors that make the gap between students with good reading comprehension and
students with bad reading comprehension?
How to improve the reading comprehension of Grade 12 students?
HYPOTHESIS
A review of literature shows that student who use reading comprehension skills. Studies have
also shown that students who have strong reading comprehension skills score higher on
comprehension test. Therefore, the research hypothesis for study is that students who use reading
comprehension strategies score higher on reading comprehension test.
SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS
The main objective of this study is to determine the factors that affects reading comprehension of
grade 12 students. This study is limited to the 200 grade 12 male and female enrolled in the first
semester school year 2022-2023 at Bilad High School, Bilad Camiling, Tarlac. The 200
respondents are from the Bilad Senior High School. Each of the respondents is given survey
questionnaire to answer. The students came from six different section to prevent subjective
perception.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to thank two important groups of people, without this thesis would not have been
possible my teacher, and my family.

I would like to first thank, Ma’am Ana Moreno Calma my teacher not only for her time and
extreme patience, but for her intellectual contributions to my development as a student.
To the family thank you for their financial support for the patience showed and the preparation of
this educational research.
To the Almighty Father thank you for the power, wisdom and patience to conduct this study and
for the never-ending blessings and constant guidance. He has bestowed upon her everyday life.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Sheila Mae R. Primero was born on July 27, 2005 at Pindangan 1st Camiling, Tarlac. She is the
fourth child among five children of Mr. Salvador Primero and Mrs. Violeta Primero. She attained
her kindergarten years at Child Care Center. She then took her elementary years at Pindangan 1st
Elementary School. She is now pursuing her high school years at Bilad High School.
While she was Grade 11, she was joined to be a table tennis player and she received award as
bronze medalist.
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

Factors that affect reading Age Reading has many benefits,
comprehension of grade 12 but it’s a skill that even a lot

Gender
students. of adults don't use enough.
Section/strand
Gathered data through survey

questionnaires.
Discussion:
The researcher believes that these factors will be helpful in this study. This will be used as the
basis for identifying the factors affecting the reading comprehension of the Grade 12 students.
The first frame is the factors affecting the reading comprehension of Grade 12 students. The
second frame contains the process which is the demographic profile; age, gender, section /
strand.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
1. To the students, this research reminds them to continue their study and how cope up their
effect of reading comprehension on academic performance and to have a better future and
to find a job someday.
2. To the teachers, this will serve as a reminder to support and guide their students to
encourage them to know the effect of reading comprehension on the academic
performance.
3. To the parents, the information presented in the study will be to the parents of the student
that may be aware and may give a proper support or guide to their children.
4. To the bilad administrator, the study will be helpful to the administrator for they can be
aware to the issue regarding the reading comprehension so that they can prepare an action
that can be help to the student's education. And also, it can conduct a seminar meeting
which the parents are focused, it can tackle about their involvement of their children to
their education.
5. To the future researcher, the future researcher would be able to this study as a reference
to their related research. They can use it to the study as a continuation of their research.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Absorb – to take in without echo, recoil, or reflection.
Achieve – to successfully finish or do something you wanted to do.
Attain – to achieve something difficult to do or obtain.
Boost – to push or shove up from below.
Deepen – to become more strongly felt or experienced.
Develop – to grow or change into a more advanced, larger or stronger form
Reading – the process of looking at a series of written symbols and getting meaning from them.
Understand – perceive the intended meaning of words, a language or a speaker.

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CHAPTER 1

advances reading comprehensions.

absorb every knowledge.

What are factors that affect students reading comprehension ability?

students with bad reading comprehension?

How to improve the reading comprehension of Grade 12 students?

comprehension strategies score higher on reading comprehension test.

SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS

possible my teacher, and my family.

extreme patience, but for her intellectual contributions to my development as a student.

this educational research.

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

comprehension of grade 12 but it’s a skill that even a lot

Gathered data through survey

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

to find a job someday.

encourage them to know the effect of reading comprehension on the academic

Absorb – to take in without echo, recoil, or reflection.

Achieve – to successfully finish or do something you wanted to do.

Attain – to achieve something difficult to do or obtain.

Boost – to push or shove up from below.

Deepen – to become more strongly felt or experienced.

Develop – to grow or change into a more advanced, larger or stronger form

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