Readability of Grade 7 English learning module

Readability of a text determines the appropriateness of text to the grade reading level. I examined the readability of Grade 7 English learning module to find out if the text suits to the reader. I utilized the Fry Readability to test the complexity of text and the grade reading level. Inclusions with these readability tests are the sentence and word lengths which are variables used to check the readability of the text. I found out that the learning module is slightly not appropriate to the Grade 7 reading level because the text has used longer words that consequently made sentences long. Thus, if text contains words that are too long for a particular grade level, there is a reading difficulty. &nbsp

Reading comprehension skills using SQ3R method

The research assessed the four (4) reading comprehension levels among the third year Bachelor of Elementary Education students in terms of the literal, inferential, critical and evaluative skills using SQ3R method. The study utilized the pre-testpost-test design under pre-experimental research design to determine the levels of reading comprehension skills of BEEd students before and after using SQ3R method. In additional, T-test was used to assess the significant difference of students’ reading performance of the two assessments. Furthermore, the simple percentage was used to get the reading comprehension skill levels of the students and the K to 12 standard academic performance to interpret the results. Findings revealed that in the first assessment, the level of reading comprehension of the students was under the beginner level. After they were exposed to SQ3R method in the second assessment, their level move to Approaching Proficiency. The study concluded that using the SQ3R method in teaching reading results to honing reading comprehension skills and may lead readers to proficiency

Philippines and Taiwan Gender Equality Acts: A Comparative Analysis

[[abstract]]Behind the scenes of historical struggles for gender equality lie long-standing and ongoing debates about the meaning of equality. Gay men and lesbian women have also campaigned for social acceptance and for legal rights equivalent to those enjoyed by heterosexuals. A gap in the knowledge base about sex and gender stems from a tendency on the part of social scientists and religious groups to ignore the experience of anyone whose sexual orientation is not heterosexual. In this connection, the study claims that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI) people can be recognized by and in the legal and social contexts regardless of age, socio-economic status, educational background, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and religion. The study utilizes descriptive comparative research to describe the similarity and difference and explain the invariances of the Gender Equality Acts in the Philippines and Taiwan. In terms of similarity, both countries ensure a gender-fair nation to promote the common good. The difference between the two Acts is, for Taiwan has national legislated laws to protect the welfare and rights of LGBT Community; whereas, for the Philippines, gaps and limitations still exist due to a lack of a national framework, a lack of registration and support and funding, a lack of engagement with civil and religious societies, and a lack of access to LGBT-related information and invisibilizing LGBT issues. Thus, the study somehow mirrors the two countries which acceptance is pivotal that eventually illuminates the forces to create and support inequality, discrimination, oppression, and injustice, and in doing so, therefore, promotes the pursuit of sex and gender equality, liberty, justice and anti-discrimination towards a more diverse, tolerant, inclusive and democratic society