Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension as a Measure of Reading Skills of Filipino Children
2012; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1556-5068
Autores Tópico(s)Reading and Literacy Development
ResumoA Filipino child needs to develop higher order skills and functional literacy. It is given that any Filipino child with sufficient reading skills would have greater chances of success in school, compared to a child whose reading skills are poor, and more often than not, those with poor reading skills, when assessed properly, are diagnosed with a reading disability. Poor reading skill is manifested with poor comprehension and wrong pronunciations, among other problems. If no proper intervention is administered early; it could affect the academic, social, and psychological development of the child. As such, proper and correct diagnosis of a reading disability as early as possible appears to be essential. The purpose of the present study is to develop a new test measuring reading ability or skill, (Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension Test), that could be used for the above-mentioned case. The test that was constructed was administered to 582 grades 3 and 4 Filipino pupils. Results showed that the new test has good internal consistency (r = .87 and .74). Using the Confirmatory Factor Analysis, the model attained an acceptable fit.
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