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    Expository Form of Writing-Keth A. Villanueva

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    1) The Philippines scored the lowest in reading comprehension among 79 countries in the 2018 PISA assessment, with an average score over 200 points lower than China and over 100 points lower than the OECD average. 2) Poor connectivity in remote areas, a lack of reading materials, insufficient digital literacy training for teachers and parents, and a lack of reading instruction strategy training for teachers have all contributed to the Philippines' low reading comprehension scores. 3) To improve reading comprehension in the Philippines, students must be taught expository texts, reading culture should be promoted in schools, and students need instruction on evaluating the credibility of texts.

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    1) The Philippines scored the lowest in reading comprehension among 79 countries in the 2018 PISA assessment, with an average score over 200 points lower than China and over 100 points lower than the OECD average. 2) Poor connectivity in remote areas, a lack of reading materials, insufficient digital literacy training for teachers and parents, and a lack of reading instruction strategy training for teachers have all contributed to the Philippines' low reading comprehension scores. 3) To improve reading comprehension in the Philippines, students must be taught expository texts, reading culture should be promoted in schools, and students need instruction on evaluating the credibility of texts.

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    1) The Philippines scored the lowest in reading comprehension among 79 countries in the 2018 PISA assessment, with an average score over 200 points lower than China and over 100 points lower than the OECD average. 2) Poor connectivity in remote areas, a lack of reading materials, insufficient digital literacy training for teachers and parents, and a lack of reading instruction strategy training for teachers have all contributed to the Philippines' low reading comprehension scores. 3) To improve reading comprehension in the Philippines, students must be taught expository texts, reading culture should be promoted in schools, and students need instruction on evaluating the credibility of texts.

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    Expository Form of Writing-Keth A. Villanueva

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    1) The Philippines scored the lowest in reading comprehension among 79 countries in the 2018 PISA assessment, with an average score over 200 points lower than China and over 100 points lower than the OECD average. 2) Poor connectivity in remote areas, a lack of reading materials, insufficient digital literacy training for teachers and parents, and a lack of reading instruction strategy training for teachers have all contributed to the Philippines' low reading comprehension scores. 3) To improve reading comprehension in the Philippines, students must be taught expository texts, reading culture should be promoted in schools, and students need instruction on evaluating the credibility of texts.

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    Name: Keth A.

    Villanueva           Professor: Dr. Roselyn T. Bustos


    Expository Form of Writing: Problem and Solution
    Reading Comprehension: The Road to a Smarter Philippines

    Reading means many things to many people. It can be one of the most rewarding
    preoccupations of the individual and making it possible to partake of means accumulated
    experience and achievements through the ages. Reading is one of the macro skills that need to
    be mastered for it encompasses a lot of aspects of life. Reading can take people to different
    places and can be therapeutic to every individual who suffered a lot in terms of emotional and
    mental stress. Through reading, the individuals in the world would level up not only to the needs
    and to the norms of the society. However, through simply reading, people will overcome
    different phases in life and will become learned to surpass future endeavors to come. 

    Reading is one of the salient skills in English that an individual must need to master. It is
    a toll subject for it is a prerequisite of all learning areas. It serves as a gateway for every student
    to learn the different subjects because they have difficulties in reading. Reading plays a
    significant role in one’s success in school. Reading is what students need to master, to sharpen
    their analysis and most likely comprehension. This has become the greatest issue to every
    individual in terms of comprehension. Others would say, students, read because they love to
    read, some will say students read because they are forced to read and what makes them more
    disappointed, students read everything without understanding the text nor comprehending what
    they read. The main essence of reading has lost because mostly, they read because they do
    not have the choice, and it turns out that they may be reading but lacks comprehension of what
    the passage or text all about.

    According to (Medina, 2011), the strategies in comprehending text have been justified
    that is essential to students in becoming more effective learners in society and essential to them
    in improving and sharpening their reading comprehension skills. Probably, students will be able
    to become good readers if they understand the text or the message it conveys on what they
    read. Thus, reading is the root of instruction for all students and sets stronger foundations for
    future progress and success in all aspects of life (Scott, 2010; Luckner and Handley, 2008). In
    2018, among 79 participating countries, the Philippines scored the lowest comprehension in the
    Programme for International Student Assessment or also known as PISA. Reading was the
    main subject assessed among 15-year-old students in the 2018 PISA. The Philippines had an
    average score of 340, more than 200 points below China (555) and more than 100 points less
    than the OECD average (487). On the report of PISA 2018, boys and girls in the Philippines
    both ranked lowest in reading proficiency is beneficial for a wide variety of human activities-
    from following instructions in a manual to find out the who, what, when, where, and why of an
    event; to communicating with others for a specific purpose or transaction.

    Reading comprehension has become a hot issue in the Philippines for it clearly shows
    how Filipinos especially teenagers or that aged 15 years old, have difficulty in comprehending
    the text or what they have read. Perhaps, they read the text because of the factors or because
    of the pressure coming from society. The Philippines ranked lowest in reading comprehension
    because of the different characteristics factors that affect their reading comprehension and
    affect their reading style in general. Due to the varied factors, it would create difficulty for the
    readers. Reading ability is developed through practice and develops readers if they are provided
    with text, print, and digital. The readers need some practice through teacher modeling and
    shared practice towards independent practice (Perez, 2019). 

    Furthermore, we can solve this problem through different interventions and solutions.
    The reasons why the Philippines ranked last are due to poor connectivity in far-flung areas,
    lacks of reading materials, lack of teachers and parents in handling digital literacy, and teacher’s
    lack of reading instruction strategy training. In order to solve the problem and to thwart these
    factors, we need to teach the students expository texts that focus on factual information, reading
    culture should be promoted in schools in making the libraries functional and visionary, and
    lastly, students need to be taught on how to observe the importance of the credibility of the text.
    Indeed, comprehension of the text is the primary goal of reading (Winch and Holliday, 2010).
    Reading comprehension is the key and a process for an individual to be successful not only in
    the field of education but also in immersing in the industrialized world. Teaching students
    reading comprehension firmly will bring them outside to be with the demands of the world and to
    become competent around the globe. 

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