AUTHENTIC MATERIALS TO IMPROVE READING PERFORMANCE
OF GRADE 10 STUDENTS
An Action Research
Presented to the Department of Education, Cordillera Administrative Region
Schools Division Office - Ifugao
Submitted by
JANICE ALMA P. KIMAYONG
Teacher III
Ifugao Technical Vocational High School
Bimpal, Lamut, Ifugao
March 2020
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to find out if there is a significant difference in the level of
the students’ reading performance before and after the use of authentic materials in teaching
reading. The participants of the study were the 37 Grade 10-Garnet students of Ifugao
Technical Vocational High School for School Year 2019-2020. Diagnostic and assessment
tests were used as data gathering tools of this research. The researcher employed a
quantitative approach in dealing with the results of this study. Specifically, Mean Percentage
Score (MPS) was used to measure the students’ level of reading competency before and after
the use of authentic materials in reading. The Standard Deviation was used to compare the
Deviation in the MPS of the students before and after the application of the research. The t-test
was employed in order to determine the difference between the level of the students’ reading
competency before and after the use of authentic materials in teaching reading. The t-test
result showed that there was a significant improvement of the students’ reading comprehension
after using authentic materials in reading. This means that a visual aid like authentic materials
can help the students comprehend a text. It may not be a perfect score but the gains showed
by the results of the pre- and post-test proves that using authentic reading materials can be
utilized to improve comprehension.