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VOL. 8, ISSUE 1 (2022)
Local and foreign literary genres on students’ reading comprehension and attitude
Authors
Joanne Echalico-Bermillo, Nilda Aperocho-Jose
Abstract
Local and foreign literary genres on students’ reading comprehension and attitude is a study investigating whether local or foreign genres have significant effect on grade 8 students’ reading comprehension and attitude. There were 100 respondents involved in the study, 50 from experimental group used with local literary pieces and 50 from controlled group using foreign literary reading materials. The reading comprehension levels of students were identified through a teacher made comprehension test, which was interpreted using the Phil-IRI reading comprehension criterion. On the other hand, students’ reading attitudes were determined using a reading attitude test adopted from Tullock-Rhody and Alexander (1980). The data were collected from the eight weeks reading sessions of the two groups and the results were compared through their pre-and post-tests scores. Results showed that there is insignificant difference of the two groups in their reading comprehension level during the post-test or after the intervention. However, students exposed to local literary genres had developed a very positive attitude towards reading while the controlled group had only a positive attitude. Therefore, local literary genres were effective in enhancing students’ reading attitude.
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Joanne Echalico-Bermillo, Nilda Aperocho-Jose "Local and foreign literary genres on students’ reading comprehension and attitude ". International Journal of English Research, Vol 8, Issue 1, 2022, Pages 1-7
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