Development, Validation and Appreciation of Learning Package for Primary Learners

Judith B. Ramos^1,

¹Department of Education, University of Nueva Caceres, Philippines

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Judith B. Ramos. Development, Validation and Appreciation of Learning Package for Primary Learners. Journal of Innovations in Teaching and Learning. 2021; 1(2):87-96. doi: 10.12691/jitl-1-2-5

Abstract

The goal of this study is to measure the listening comprehension of primary learners. The major focus is on understanding the processes involved in the comprehension of written text. It will test the appreciation of written text through listening to the stories using contextualized materials, thus listening comprehension of the learners is measured. Specifically, it answered the following questions: (1) Develop and validate contextualized learning package for primary learners; and (2) Describe the teachers’ and learners’ appreciation of the contextualized stories in their listening comprehension. The study used descriptive-evaluative method that aimed to describe the teachers’ and learners’ appreciation of contextualized learning package made by the researcher. This study was conducted to Cabutagan Elementay School, Lupi District, Division of Camarines Sur for S/Y 2019-2020. Out of 31 respondents, 26 were Grade 1 learners while 5 were teachers within the same school. Results revealed that teachers and learners gave high appreciation to the contextualized stories. Both teachers and learners agreed that contextualized learning package is effective for increasing reading and listening comprehension because of the high performance they got after the use of the learning package.

Keywords:
comprehension contextualize learning package storytelling

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