Attitudes toward Reading and Reading Performance of High School Students from a Private Academic Institution in the Philippines

This research assessed the attitudes of the high school students toward reading. Results showed that the respondents are mostly female, 13 year old and graduates of private elementary schools. The respondents have a positive attitude towards reading. Even if the respondents have positive attitudes toward reading in general, still most of them have performed poorly or failed the test. There is no correlation between the respondents’ attitude toward reading and the students’ profile in terms of age, gender, grade school where they graduated and reading performance. A Reading Enhancement Program focusing on the areas of classroom activities, intervention, library support, stimulation with the use of technology, strengthening English speaking in the campus and subscribing into other reading resources such as Scholastic and Quipper School may be done.

Keywords –reading performance, reading enhancement, library support