LEVEL OF READING COMPREHENSION OF GRADE 12 GAS STUDENTS IN SAMAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Abstract

Reading Comprehension is one of the pillars of reading. Students nowadays do not read for pleasure, but they read if they are required to do so. The main focus of this study is to identify students' reading comprehension level and to know if there is a significant difference between the level of reading comprehension of students when categorized according to gender. The respondents of this study are the 51 students of Grade 12 GAS, composed of 29 males and 22 females from Samal Senior High School. This study used total population sampling and used descriptive-comparative research design. In collecting the data, the researchers used multiple question tests based on the five-level of reading comprehension literal, interpretive, critical evaluation, integrative, and critical, which are adopted from the published book of Castigador (2012). The result of this study showed that the student's reading comprehension level is at a moderate level with a mean score of 2.95 and a standard deviation of .65, where three out of five questions were answered correctly. The result also shows no significant difference between males and females in the students' reading comprehension level because the p-value is .241, which is greater than 0.05 as the alpha level, in that the null hypothesis is accepted.