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Home Involvement And Reading Achievement On Drop Everything And Read (Dear) At-Home Activities Of Selected Students In A Technical-Vocational School, Dyan S. Escuadra, Joanna Paula A. Francisco, Rita P. Rivera

Journal of English and Applied Linguistics

Reading literacy begins at home. Several studies focusing on home involvement showed that the engagement of parents leads to the improvement of their children’s reading achievement during primary school age. However, the changing educational and family landscapes in the Philippines pose a considerable shift in family members’ roles in assuming responsibility regarding learning facilitation at home. This calls for the participation not only of parents but also siblings, grandparents, guardians, or other members of the family, who in this paper are tagged as home reading partners (HRPs). Using a case study design, this study explores the role of home involvement …