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Volume 10 Number 3 July 2024

Project REAP Module and Pupils’ Reading Achievement in English


Authors: David Micheal C. Akoy ; Cristobal M. Ambayon EdD-ELT
Pages: 39-44
DOI: doi.org/10.32861/ellr.103.39.44
Abstract
Reading comprehension poses a considerable challenge not just in schools, but also globally. Consequently, educators have been motivated to adopt   a   variety   of   teaching   methodologies,   strategies,   and   approaches   to enhance reading fluency. This study aimed at validating the REAP (Reading Enhancement and Assessment Program) Module its effectiveness in teaching reading. This was in response to the alarming low achievement levels in English and to address the call for strengthening the pupils reading fluency. The study used the quasi-experimental design. The results revealed that the developed module consisted of excellent content, relevance, acceptability and instructional quality as validated by the experts in the area. Grade Six pupils of Roquildo D. Talapian Sr. Memorial Elementary School (RDTSMES) for School Year 2021-2022 were the respondents of this study. The pupils were divided into control and experimental groups using a fishbowl   sampling.   While   the   experimental   group   utilized   the   developed module, the control group did not. Based on the results, the performance of the pupils in experimental group had improved from did not meet expectation to very satisfactory whereas the control group had relatively improved from did not meet expectation to fairly satisfactory. Hence, it is recommended that the module be used in similar contexts particularly those who assessed with struggling readers.

A Study of China’s Epidemic News Report Based on Systemic-Functional Grammar-----A Case Study of a News


Authors: Deng Nan
Pages: 34-38
DOI: doi.org/10.32861/ellr.103.34.38
Abstract
News report, as an important social media, should convey information or report objectively and fairly. However, influenced by the ideology of different countries and the opinions of news reporters, news reports are not always objective and sometimes it would show some bias. Since the end of January 2020, COVID-19 has begun to spread around the world from Wuhan, China. At the same time, there have been increasing reports of outbreaks in China. Many reports showed many different attitudes and positions. This paper tries to analyze a news report titled as China Pushes Back as Coronavirus Crisis Damages Its Image on March 9th from New York Times as the research object. Based on Halliday’s ideational function and interpersonal function theory, this paper uses qualitative research methods to discusses the distribution of the six processes in the transitivity system in news report and the feasibility of transitivity and modality analysis in news report. This study proves that Halliday’s Systemic-Functional Grammar is an effective tool for analyzing news reports and it can help readers to critically read news reports and better understand the hidden meaning of news reports.

The Interactive Relationship between Guo Moruo’s Poetry Translation and Creation from the Perspective of Intertextuality


Authors: Xiao Wenwen ; Gu Yunfei
Pages: 27-33
DOI: doi.org/10.32861/ellr.103.27.33
Abstract
As an important writer in the history of modern Chinese literature, Guo Moruo has many works in both poetry translation and poetry creation. The poems written and translated by Guo within the period of his Goddess (from 1919 to August 1921) are selected to analyze the interaction between his poetry translation and creation from the perspective of intertextuality. There is intertextuality in literary thought: pantheism, spirit of the times, romanticism; intertextuality in themes and images; intertextuality in poetic form: use of foreign words, quotations from foreign poetry and attempts at modern poetry.