READING COMPREHENSION COMPETENCE OF FIRST YEAR ENGLISH AND SOCIAL STUDIES MAJOR STUDENTS BEATRIZ G. CLEMENTE, PhD ROMEO C. CLEMENTE, PhD Cagayan State University, Tuguegarao City bethclemente@yahoo.com clementeromeo@yahoo.com.ph

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Abstract

Abstract:

The reading comprehension competencies of the college students as a fundamental skill is essential for their academic success. It is in their higher level of comprehension that facilitates a more encompassing understanding of texts from various genres. In this paper, the comprehension competence of the first year college students had been looked upon under literal, interpretive, and applied. Test Question had been administered to the 77 participants of this study taken through total enumeration in order to test their comprehension competence,. The results show that the respondents are competent under the literal level but not competent on both the interpretive and applied levels. Further, there is no significant difference in the level of their comprehension competence with regard to their select profile variables.

Key words: applied, comprehension, literal, interpretive