Improving Reading and Writing Competencies of Academic-Entrepreneurial Grade 11 Learners using Contextualized Academic Texts

Abstract

Thirty-two percent of the population of the Grade 11 learners were identified as Emergent learners. These are the struggling learners in Reading comprehension as tested using a grade-level text in Department of Education’s Literacy Assessment in June 2026. In addition, with the new Strengthened Curriculum, there is no reference textbook or any supplementary materials that are contextualized adhered to the learning competencies in DepEd’s curriculum guide and used texts and tasks that will expose them to their future profession’s jargons and milieu. Using modular themes, and scaffolding techniques in presenting reading and writing lessons in management and business context, the Grade 11 Academic-Entrepreneur students aim to show a significant increase in their Terminal Exam in Term 2 as well as increase their reading comprehension and writing competencies. The intervention also includes writing position papers and survey reports that demanded more vocabulary, analysis and articulate writing skills. Hence, this should be used for more supplementary practice drills or activities that would develop students’ vocabulary, analytical skills, argumentation skills and research skills. Also, easier tasks may be used for remediation purposes for students with learning disabilities. Furthermore, this contextualized module is a good instrument in the instruction of Academic Text.