• Loreta Acut Ubagan
• Ninfa C. Osias

Research on reading has been highly productive in enhancing in understanding the development of reading proficiency of young learners in their early years of schooling. This research is aimed to find out the effectiveness of multimedia-aided teaching (MAT) to Marungko Approach in enhancing the reading skills to Grade 1 learners of San Pedro Elementary School of Initao South District in lnitao, Misamis Oriental during the School Year 2023-2024. Specifically, the study sought to describe the pretest scores of the participants before the implementation of Marungko approach using the multimedia-aided teaching, disclose the level of effectiveness of the Marungko Approach through multimedia-aided teaching (MAT) as measured in the learners’ performance in the Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) posttest results and reveal the significant effect of the use of Marungko Approach through multimedia-aided teaching towards the learners’ reading proficiency based on the posttest scores of Early Grade Reading Assessments (EGRA). The research design employed was the one group pretest-posttest design. Purposive sampling was conducted and t-test was computed to find the significant difference between the pre-test and posttest scores. The pre-test results have shown that participants did not acquire appropriate level of reading proficiency. There was improvement of reading proficiency after the implementation of multimedia teaching, as indicated by the posttest results. The results also have shown that there was a significant increase of the respondents’ reading performance relative to their pretest and posttest scores with the application of multimedia-aided teaching. Thus, the null is rejected. In conclusion, the application of Marungko approach and supplemented by multimedia tools at the initial reading stage helps in acquiring reading proficiency. It is recommended that school administrators should design intervention programs specifically to those non-readers who struggled in letter-sound knowledge by applying Marungko approach using multimedia aided tools as teaching strategy.

Marungko approach, Multimedia-Aided Teaching, Reading Proficiency

"Marungko Approach Through Multimedia-Aided Teaching And Reading Proficiency Of Grade 1 Learners", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 8, page no.f378-f397, August-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2408543.pdf

"Marungko Approach Through Multimedia-Aided Teaching And Reading Proficiency Of Grade 1 Learners", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 8, page no. ppf378-f397, August-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2408543.pdf