Remedial Reading

Remedial Teaching to Slow-Readers

TITLE: MATERIALS TO REMEDIAL TEACHING FOR SLOW READERS

( ACTION RESEARCH PROPOSAL)

PROPONENT:

SECTION I

INTRODUCTION

English is one of the difficult languages to learn. English as a subject is usually associated with Phonic Method of teaching. A remedial reading program is necessary for slow readers and/or to those who performed lower than the average.

Some children learn that certain letter make certain familiar sound which they repeat in unison and separately until they master it, this kind of learning and some behavioral problems call for a remedial teaching or a more pedagogical approach in giving didactic assistance.

In the Grade V Level of our school, after giving assessment to pupils with difficulty, using Phil-IRI plus their classroom performance ,there are 20 pupils belonging to Frustration Level that need Remedial Assistance and 3 of them are decoders or belonging to the group that struggles to break words to component sounds or Phoneme.

Remedial Reading Program is needed but through this research using the Phonemic Approach in Reading and the regular continuous practice in reading using the SRA Reading Laboratory Materials for a period of time, then these pupils can join their regular group.

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Remedial Reading activity helps pupils with reading problems. This research will help the phonological awareness of the pupils thus enable them to read words accurately and automatically which is the goal of good Phonics Instruction.

The Phonetic way of reading will enhance the continuous practice necessary in meeting good understanding in reading as well as to write and to spell.

RATIONALE OF THE STUDY

Remedial Teaching is offered to pupils who cannot cope with the Reading Level of their age group, it could be that they function at a lower than average level because of a certain behavioral or learning problems. We educators believe that doors for...