Chapter 1: Title Defense

Question 1

Parts of Introduction

Answer 1

Problem
Evidences
Research Gap
Research Aims
Relevance
Plan in disseminating the results of the study

Question 2

What is the template for the purpose of the study section in Chapter 1

Answer 2

Cresswell’s Tempate

Question 3

What is in Cresswell’s Template?

Answer 3

Type of Study
Main purpose
Central phenomenon/concept
Participants
Local

Question 4

What are the research questions?

Answer 4

What are the factors affecting students’ poor reading comprehension?

How do these identified factors affect students’ academic performance?

What are the insights from the results of the study?

Question 5

What are the theories used in this research?

Answer 5

Cognitive Load Theory (John Sweller, 1988, as cited by Loveless, 2023)

Simple View of Reading (Philip Gough and William Tunmer, 1986, as cited by Farrel et al., 2014)

Question 6

Who are the participants of this study?

Answer 6

Senior high school students with poor reading comprehension

Question 7

What is this study’s target?

Answer 7

To examine the experiences of senior high school students with poor reading comprehension

Question 8

What is the duration of the research?

Answer 8

Beginning to end of the second semester of the academic year 2023-2024

Question 9

Where will this study be conducted?

Answer 9

St. Mary’s College of Tagum, Inc.

Question 10

What are the limitations of this study?

Answer 10

• it will only focus on the participants in SMCTI
• it would only focus on the reading comprehension of the english language
• the participants would only be shs filipino students, not including other people affected
• the validity of this study wil rely on the participant’s honesty

Question 11

Who are the entities that will benefit from this study?

Answer 11

Students
Parents
Teachers
Schools
Division of Tagum City
Future Researchers

Question 12

How will this study help Students?

Answer 12

• educators can tailor interventions and support strategies according to their needs
• will help provide early detection and effective intervention of poor reading comprehension
• improve educational experience, thus providing them with the tools for their future careers

Question 13

How will this study help teachers?

Answer 13

• they can provide insights to individual needs and challenges
• will help them tailor customized learning to enhance students’ learning

Question 13

How will this study help parents?

Answer 13

• it helps them understand the obstacles their children face, stopping them from gaining their ful potential in academics
• they can work with educators to develop interventions, encourage customized learning plans
• helps them make a cheerful home environment to help their children become better readers
• allows them to improve child’s well-being and academic performance

Question 14

How will this study help schools?

Answer 14

• they can carry out interventions and programs to improve students’ reading comprehension
• they can help teachers have a more tailored educational appraoch

Question 15

How will this study help Tagum City?

Answer 15

• this helps them analyze and solve this issues
• it helps them make targeted interventions possible by helping researchers and educators to identify problems
• helps them have more effective strategies to improve reading comprehension tailored to the needs associated with the factrs

Question 16

How will this study help future researchers?

Answer 16

• it gives them the foundation for future studies on reading comprehension
• helps close gaps in knowledge
• it will provide insights from the results

Question 17

What are the terms to be defined?

Answer 17

Factor
Poor Reading Comprehension
Senior High School

Question 18

What is the conceptual definition of “Factor”?

Answer 18

circumstance or condition that affects the outcome of something (Cambridge Dictionary, 2024)

Question 19

What is the operational definition of “Factor”?

Answer 19

fact or situation that influences poor reading comprehension of students

Question 20

What is the conceptual definition of “Poor Reading Comprehension”?

Answer 20

lack of skill in using and comprehending written language forms important for individuals (Bruggink et. al., 2022)

Question 21

What is the operational definition of “Poor Reading Comprehension”.?

Answer 21

lack of skill that helps a student fully understand english reading materials for them to apply such skill to complete school activities effectively

Question 22

What is the conceptual definition of “Senior High School?”

Answer 22

• two years of specialized secondary education that prepares students for their career path
• requirement for college admission

-allows students to take subjects they would normally take in college ((Senior High School in the Philippines: An Overview – Courses in the Philippines: College, TESDA, Online, Short Courses, n.d.)

Question 23

What is the operational definition of “Senior High School?”

Answer 23

• the transition to college to emphasize the importance of reading comprehension in shs students

Question 24

What is in chapter 1?

Answer 24

- problem statement and its importance - research gap - research aims - relevance of the study - plan in disseminating results - research purpose - research questions - theories supporting the study - scope and limitation - significance of research

Question 25

What is in chapter 2?

Answer 25

- review of related literature - readings, studies, ideas of researchers and interested parties on reading comprehension

Question 26

What is in Chapter 3?

Answer 26

- research design - study population - data collection techniques - application of qualitative research methodology - outlines data collection, analysis and issues associated with participant confidentiality

Question 27

What is the problem stated in this study?

Answer 27

Poor reading comprehension of the english language is important as it will hinder the students from achieving their full potential in school, most importantly shs students. Shs students with reading comprehension is a special problem as shs is the transition to college.

Question 28

Evidence in Indonesia on poor reading comprehension

Answer 28

Indonesian secondary school students struggle to comprehend english texts despite their ongoing english education (Nanda & Azmy, 2020)

Question 29

Evidence in Malaysia on poor reading comprehension

Answer 29

Despite the fact that english has been a mandatory subject for 10+ years, Malaysian students still struggle to comprehend English texts (Samat et. al., 2019)

Question 30

Evidence in Thailand on poor reading comprehension

Answer 30

English is a mandatory subject for g11 students; however, students still struggle to read English texts (Phutthabun, 2023)

Question 31

Evidence in Metro Manila on poor reading comprehension

Answer 31

- it was observed that shs students had poor reading skills, low reading performance, and thus poor reading comprehension (Urbano et. al., 2021)

Question 32

Evidence in Visayas on poor reading comprehension

Answer 32

- the study investigated the factors on the poor reading comprehension of g11 students The factors: - lack of diverse reading materials - same teaching methods for all students - teaching has inadequate focus on critical thinking and comprehension skills - difficulty non-native english speaker filipinos - not much interest in reading (affects motivation and comprehension) (Almoroto et. al., 2019)

Question 33

Evidence in Tagum on poor reading comprehension

Answer 33

- G12 students struggled understanding english expository texts. - Their findings show that the higher their reading ability, the better their reading comprehension - They had low reading abilities and comprehension and reading anxiety

Question 34

What is the research gap?

Answer 34

- the study will explore the lived experiences of shs students with poor reading comprehension, rather than observing how they cope with such - it will examine the factors causing poor reading comprehensions rather than just difficulties they encounter reading essays - it will study how the factors affect academic performance - the researchers themselves will provide insights based on the results, not the students

Question 35

Research Objectives

Answer 35

1. What are the factors affecting students’ poor reading comprehension? 2. How do these identified factors affect students’ academic performance? 3. What are the insights from the results of the study?

Question 36

Significance of the study

Answer 36

- it's a global challenge that affects filipino students - many shs students still struggle with reading comprehension, and it's important that they overcome this challenge as reading is essential for academic success. this research will help them - helps to provide early detection and prevention - it will help students, educators, future researchers, etc.

Question 37

Plan in disseminating results of the study

Answer 37

- it will be shared by the school at the divisional level - a hard copy will be in the library - we wish for this research to be shared to other schools