Research Paper On Suggestopedia

Because of the distressing global crisis in reading comprehension, numerous studies and experimentations on enhancing reading comprehension continue to proliferate in the world of research. Different teaching approaches and methods have been explored and incorporated in teaching in the hypothesis that reading skills will be enhanced and that reading status will be improved. Along with the numerous approaches and methods, Suggestopedia is considered as one that has captured the curiosity of researchers and educators.

UNESCO experts (1978) considered suggestopedia as a generally superior teaching method compared to traditional methods. As a result, different interventions have been conducted by research and education enthusiasts incorporating

In fact, Kuncham and Ann (2015) claimed that suggestopedia is an innovative strategy for promoting successful and effective reading comprehension abilities at the ESL context. This is brought about by music as a component of Suggestopedia. Istiyani (nd) claimed that background music is influential in releasing barrier of understanding a text. Moreover, Brewer (1995) asserted that music stabilizes mental, physical and emotional rhythms for learning, deep concentration, and processing large amounts of content and information by activating students’ mental, physical, as well as emotional states. This will in turn result to improve comprehension. Brewer also enumerated the following benefits of background music as aid in learning:

Music helps in learning because it establishes a positive learning state, create a desired atmosphere ,build a sense of anticipation, energize learning activities, change brain wave states, focus concentration, increase attention, improve memory, facilitate a multisensory learning experience ,release tension, enhance imagination, align groups, develop rapport, provide inspiration and motivation, add an element of fun and accentuate theme-oriented

They steadfastly teach with the conventional approach which is the lecture and discussion, question and answer, and chalkboard activities in the classroom.

In the Phil-IRI (Philippine Informal Reading Inventory Test) conducted at San Jose National High School, San Jose, Caba, La Union, the Grade 7 classes were grouped according to their reading levels during the School Year 2015-2016. The data showed that out of 88 students tested, 51 (58 %) belonged to frustration reading level, 32 (36%) were in the instructional level and only 5 (6%) were in the independent level.

The said results indicated that most students have not mastered their basic reading skills; consequently, they were confronted with a great difficulty in comprehending what they were reading. These further affected their performances in other subjects especially those using English as medium of instruction. Evidently, there is a pressing need for the reading teacher to come up with a fitting strategy that will help the students improve their reading