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Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING

Background of the Study Reading is the basic foundation on which academic skills of an individual are built. The education system knows this fact very well and hence 'it' is given a top priority in primary education as well as in secondary and tertiary levels. Many believe that reading is an apt measure of a person's success in academics. Most of the subjects taught to us are based on simple concept-read, synthesize, analyze, and process information. Although a priceless activity, the importance of reading has been deteriorating rapidly. One of the prominent causes for this is the technology boom, wherein you can get whatever information you need with just a click. People nowadays seem to have totally lost interest in this activity. Children are too busy with their computer games and televisions, whereas adults are glued on their computer screens, amazing the wealth of knowledge through the internet search engines. Reading does have its loyal fan following, but the fan base is rapidly decreasing. “ There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them”-Joseph Brodzky Computer games, the Internet, and various forms of mass media have a penetrating attack on the lifestyle and attitudes of today's youth and generation. These are the problems that rapidly changing students from an interactive and social type of being into a form of virtual monsters and cyber zombies. Much after the Internet boom, reading was almost wiped access humanities search for knowledge. People today live in a world “ where we want what we want now”. Consequently people's attention spans are getting shorter and people are reading books less. Some people say that America is becoming dumber through texting and instant messaging shortened phrases like “lol” or “Ur way 2 funny:)”, “I gotta go now ttyl” or “l8ter”. Reading books can be the perfect antidote to this dumbing effect. For instance, take “Winnie the Pooh” as the perfect example on the proof that reading will help. “ Winnie the Pooh” was written in 1926 for children to read to themselves, but nowadays it seems like most books for children are for the parents to read to them. Not for the children to read for themselves. If you actually look in the book you will see that very few children are on that reading level. That is because the importance of reading book is being forgotten as parents turn more and more to electronic baby sitters rather than trying to stimulate their children with books.	In America and in the other countries in Europe, many scholars and educators say that “ if people do not act now to turn the tide of ignorance in these countries, reading may became an endangered species. Reading and writing are always have been essential to any good education in a country”. In the Philippines growing consensus of successful students (especially College students) are influenced by reading. While some just cannot grasp the importance of it. Incompetency in their comprehension correlates with their poor performances in their School's Academic Activities. In a third world such as the Philippines, education holds under the malignant epidemic of poverty. Certain issues that are commonly heard in the country are the issues of poor educational and corrupt systems that fail to adhere to their priority and goal of giving good education to the Filipino people. Examples of this failures are the scarce numbers of books in public schools primary and secondary levels and the overpopulation of some school buildings. This may leads to incompetency and lack of learning. Thus, these problems are the first on the list of the reasons why Filipinos are outnumbered in educational competency in Asia as well as in the whole World.. There is no overstatement of the importance of reading. In fact, since infancy and childhood, our lives have been inseparable from reading. In a later stage, studying in High School and College years, different purposes of reading are brought forth, such as reading only to finish the schoolwork and getting the latest news happening daily. We lose the importance and value of reading. Thus, the researchers come up with this study to increase the involvement of college students in reading as part of their lives and to let them realized that reading is an essential skills in achieving a fruitful and successful life. Moreover, through this study the researchers will find possible solutions to the problems.

Statement of the Problem The notion that reading is a skill that influences the college students dynamism in the different aspects of their lives comes from the personal interaction with the students and from the sharing of experiences with other students. The question about the importance of reading arises from different perceptions and point of views. In this study, we, the researchers, endeavor to determine the different factors that influence the college students' dynamism. Specifically, this study tries to answer these following questions: 1.What is reading? 2.What are the benefits of reading? 3.How important reading in enhancing one's personality? 4.How does reading affect their dynamic interaction and learning competency at school? 5.What is the effect of reading to their own lives? 6.How important reading is for the college student's life?

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Reading is the basic foundation on which academic skills of an individual are built. The education system knows this fact very well, and hence it is given a top priority in education. Reading is an apt measure of a persons success in academics. Most of the subjects taught to us are based on a simple concept such as read, synthesize, analyze, and process information. Reading, however, doesn't mean making it through your school texts to clear the approaching tests. Neither it is restricted to educational purposes only. One can read anything including encyclopedias, novels, magazines, newspapers and many more as long as he/she like doing it. Reading a book is in itself an exercise to sharpen and to unleash your creative thinking skills, and power of imagination. It yields great benefits and it is a fact which cannot be questioned by anyone. In this world of competitiveness, it's always advantageous to amass vast knowledge, and there is no better way to do so, other than reading ( Naik, 2009 ). Thus, one has to understand the importance of reading and be well versed with this activity. Prof. A. C. Grayling once had said, “ To read is to fly; it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries”. Reading is really like taking a flight to high altitudes in pursuit of information and knowledge. It is a journey in search of enlightenment. It is like providing the mind with nourishment. Knowledge is the food for the mind and soul. Apart from giving us the basic information about the world around us, it also provides us with the food for thought. It encourages us to think. It increases our hunger for knowledge and our thirst to learn more. We are introduced to the concept of reading at a very early age. It remains with us in different forms throughout our lives. School-life begins with books. Books are close companions in the youth. Reading continues to remain the favorite pastime of a large number of people even during their old age. For voracious readers, books are their life long companions. A child who grows up reading is definitely enriched as a young person. He/she automatically takes to reading. If the habit of reading is formed during an early age, reading soon becomes the person's hobby. Teenage years the growing and developing years of one's life. This is the period of one's mental growth as well. So it is nice to read good books during these years. Youngster often relate to the story of heroes and try to emulate their behaviors. They idealize their favorite authors. They dream about their future and plan for it. Feeding the brain with loads of information from all around the world during this phase of life helps a person base his ideals on positives. Reading is an activity that keeps us occupied. Reading results in the fruitful usage of time. It helps us get rid of our anxieties. It diverts our mind from monotony and boredom. It is one the best ways or relaxation. Reading novels or novels takes us to a new world where we forget our sorrows and fears. Books make very good friends and help the person shape his/her life. Reading enables the mind to think over objects of interest, which enable a person in making informed decisions, its food for the soul, for it nourishes the human intellect in probing things deeper, analyzing things, and provide guidance to people, to instances they have not yet been exposed to life. One can see and remember new words and are given examples of how they are used, expands vocabulary. In addition, it keeps the brain working and keeps the reader up to date with language and modern vocabulary or slang; it expands one's imagination and knowledge. ( Harris, 2009 ) During the ancient times, reading was limited to books. But today, it encompasses reading on the web. We have some very good sites providing reader with authentic information. Reading in the Internet is an easy option for one and all. Reading from the web does not undermine the pleasure one can get from reading books. Books and the web are the riches sources of information. They cover a wide range of topics and store an generous amount of information. Numerous websites covering different areas of information or innumerable books that flood in libraries tell us of the vastness of knowledge. Reading, therefore, leads us only to read more in the never-ending pursuit of knowledge. Even in this day multimedia reading is still the most essential skill to acquire knowledge. The internet has meant that information is freely available to anyone who can log on. However, to absorb, to teach and to learn that information and apply reading is required. With the advent of websites and ebooks, reading has continued to increase in importance. ( Harris, 2009 ) Mark Twain said, “ The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.” Sure enough, without reading the mind becomes dull and inactive. Reading is to mind what exercise is to your body or what food is to your stomach. It gives the mind the fodder it needs to stay active and alert. Thus, there are many benefits that one can get from reading. Sometimes there are situations where a person does not understand the meaning of a word and hence miss out on the joke or an important talk. In such cases reading comes to help because reading increases the vocabulary. It opens the world of words and people learn new words, their meaning, correct pronunciation and how to use that word in a sentence. If a person is an avid reader that is reading for pleasure he/she will never be out of their depth when people talk about global issues because they will be aware of it. With reading a person becomes aware about what's happening in and around the world. It is not just newspaper that create awareness; it can be anything such as magazine, brochures, fliers anything. If a person loves to read he or she will not accept anything without proper logic as reading encourages one to be thinker. Since reading feeds the hungry mind and make it active an avid reader will always ask questions and his/her quest will not be fulfilled rill he/she gets the answer they have been seeking ( Gupta, 2009 ). Reading, in many ways, increases vocabulary, creates awareness, encourages a person to be a thinker and  instills self confidence. Subtle and undetectable it may seem, but reading shapes people's way of thinking and strengthens their ability of analysis. Through reading, you tap into a knowledge reservoir, and it is up to you to determine how far and deep you want to explore in that reservoir. Over time, you will discover an untouched part of your potential self unveiled. Armed with stronger intelligent arsenal collected throughout your reading years you can confront the problems with efficiency and flexibility. Dawn Adams said, “ Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends”. Books are the nutrients for people's mind. Your mind and knowledge are things that will benefit you in your lifetime, and no one can steal it from you. While the importance of reading is undeniable, the best way to make it to its fullest power is by reading. ( Ng, 2009 ) Reading enriches our thoughts, widens our vision and enhances our knowledge. The more we read, the better our power of expression in both written and spoken will be. An avid and voluminous reader is always filled with ideas and great thoughts to express himself on multiple and various subjects effectively and comprehensively. A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. As what Allama Kazi, the great scholar of Sind, Pakistan, had said that libraries are better than graveyards, for people buried in graves cannot benefit us any longer, but great minds buried in book can still give immense benefits with their great and inspiring thoughts. Books shout in the utter stillness of our libraries, and we race through their pages to gain maximum knowledge in minimum time. Indeed, books are treasure-trove for us. They give us tremendous wealth for knowledge. Reading increases our vocabulary and consolidates our thoughts. It removes rust from our mind and makes it active and productive. It gives us immense and inexpressible pleasured joy when we read great authors, poets and writers. Many poets offer us an escape from all ugliness, problems, difficulties, and miseries of this world and take us to a world of ideal beauty and truth and goodness, where we find refuge from all that has pained and worried us. A good book is our friends in our loneliness. It is better than hundreds of so-called friends who do nothing but waste our precious time (Hussain, 2007 ). Reading is one of our most direct pathways to another mind and forces us to create characters and scenarios that activate our own mind. Often we need a brief outline of a scene or story for it to become alive in our minds and give us new ideas. These ideas may give us better understanding about the world around us. In this way we may partake in the dialog around us and fancy ourselves engaging with those controversial, alive and vigorous ideas that stimulate us and others so attuned. Left under stimulated our brains become entrenched within their aging crusty ourselves to the exclusion of new and better ideas. The brain just like much of the body needs a well rounded diet of nutritious fare. Although people haven't yet found the essential vitamins in the literary resources, they all seem to have different requirements. Some may need the classics with small doses of internet blog and daily paper. Others may require instant messaging, text messaging, email and various websites with the handling of few hard copies. Still others may need mysteries and professional journals and articles to remain current in their chosen profession. Whatever the need, there is a plethora of reading materials for the people to chose. Looking at a random website or newsfeed may expand the people's awareness and contribute to their literary health. Having options in reading and communicating with others allows them to see further and more clearly than those who don't exercise these options. Although options are healthy, it is also important to recognize that there can be unhealthy options as well. In fact some reading materials can be toxic. If someone finds himself/herself reading excessively degrading material that promotes violence toward other human beings., then he/she may be in contact with toxic material that should be best avoided. Certainly we should be aware of this type of material, but too often people are not selective enough to recognize that they are being drawn down by it. Even some books, web sites and periodicals can be toxic too. What may be toxic to one may not be toxic to another., but we must decide how we want to live and whether or not some things are worth our time and efforts. However, reading allows the readers to sample a broad range of experience without having to live it. In this way they are protected from reality, but they see how they might experience the reality that is written down by someone who cared enough to write it. Reading is an essential nutrient for the brains and an exercise that tones and expands the minds so that readers can all be better citizens of our nation and the world ( Lanzara, 2007 ). A scholar once said that there are books that should only be “tasted” and books that should be “chewed and digested”. So many books and reading materials come out everyday that no matter how long you read you cannot take them all in. That's why some materials should be just skimmed through, or read lightly and fast, materials which you think not so important or interesting. On the contrary, important and difficult materials should be read slowly and deeply. As you read, you also think, analyze and criticize if the reasoning is sound and if you agree with the author's point of view. Thus, choose what you read. Don't read trash. Don't read materials that will poison or pollute your minds. Reading is such an interesting and educational activity and hobby you should try to develop your fondness for it. It entertains you, improves your vocabulary and ability to understand, takes you to different places, introduces you to great people, gives you much information and knowledge ( Singh, 1994). Indeed, reading has a great impact in the formation of one's self. Reading is an activity that allows for the mind of adults and children alike to find a way into another place and another time. Books have been used for centuries as a form of entertainment. It not only stimulates the mind to imagine things, but it also allows for the mind to grow in ways that watching television or listening to the radio will not allow for. As you read you gain a better grasp on the English language and the way that the sentences are constructed. Also words that were unfamiliar to you when you first read them will soon become clear to you as you grasp the context in which they were written. Immense concentration is needed for reading. A person needs to be able to detach themselves from their surroundings, and focus on the book in order to enjoy it ( Dunkle, 2007 ). Reading Provides a plethora of notable benefits to those who actively engage in it. It is an adventure, a learning experience, and a gateway to places and people we man not otherwise encounter. Fiction and non-fiction works alike offer a distinct and unique set of qualities to the reader. Creative writing in the forms of novels, poems, and short stories, among others have the ability to transport readers to diverse period of time, and locations quite different from their own. These pieces let us travel through history, and present an escape from the pressure and strain of everyday life. One can instantly become anything or anyone through the magic of reading, if only for the duration of the book. A regal king or queen, a secret agent, or a modern day or ancient hero, the list is virtually endless. A child's imagination is sparked when they absorbed in the activity of reading as well, permitting him/her to tap into his/her own creative powers. The same holds true for the adult who reads on a regular basis. The imaginative faculties which may have lain dormant for some time are renewed and revitalized through reading. Inspiration and ideas are granted permission to flow freely. Reading also evokes a multitude of feelings within us. We are able to laugh, to cry, to relate, and to remember as we read creative literature. The reading of non-fiction works such as essays, journals, documentaries, histories, scientific papers, photographs, biographies, textbooks, travel books, blueprints, technical documentation, user manuals, and some journalism offers an alternative advantage. Knowledge is the ruler of this kind of writings. Information on all people, places and things id gained in abundant supply, and the quest for insight in the vast expanse of subject matter cab be quickly satisfied. It is said that knowledge is power, and the reading of non-fiction offers little choice but for the reader to acquire. Reading goes beyond being important. It is essential element in broadening our knowledge and understanding of the world around us. It allows us to rise to higher levels of creativity and intelligence. Reading also enables people of all ages to participate in a pastime which surpasses expectations ( Rudy, 2007 ). Reading will develop your grammar. It helps the you to know how to use the punctuation marks and how to use the correct tenses. You will get to the proper way of constructing sentences by being constantly exposed to it. You will discover new styles of writing especially reading some great literary works. Reading helps you to understand the things around you. You will be able to distinguish truth from fallacy. You will know great people in history, sports, medicines and in the other fields of life, even if they died decades before you were born. You will be inspired by their great works even if you never talked to them. Reading will help you discover new words. You will know to spell difficult words and how they can be used to enhance your writings. It will bring you to any places that you have never imagined exist. You will be introduced to different cultures, foods, words, and religions. It will make you updated on the latest news regarding history, medicines, sports, arts, technology and many more, even if you are just a simple student living a simple life. Reading will help you have an easier time understanding your lessons if you supplement your notes by reading your text books and other reference materials. You will develop your self-confidence because you know lot of things that other people don't ( Santos, 2003 ). Thus, reading is a worthwhile activity that makes a person to be human, cultured and refined. It is a well-known fact that when there where no televisions or computers, reading was primary leisure activity. People would spend hours reading books and travel to lands far away-in their minds. Reading offers a productive approach to improving vocabulary and word power. It helps in mental development and is known to stimulate the muscles of the eyes. It is an activity that involves greater levels of concentration and adds to the conversational skills of the reader. It is an indulgence that enhances the knowledge acquired, consistently. The habit of reading also helps the reader to decipher new words and phrases that they come across in everyday conversations. The habit can become a healthy addiction and adds to the information available on various topics. It helps us to stay in touch with contemporary writers as well as those from the days of yore and makes us sensitive to the global issues. Thus, it is observed that children and teenagers who love reading have comparatively higher IQs. They are more creative and do better in school and college ( Sofsian, 2009 ). As Francis Bacon said: “ Reading maketh a fuller man.” Reading, indeed, is very important to us. We read to gain knowledge, to know the moral and ethics, and to understand the world. Reading helps to improve our knowledge and expand our view. There some old sayings from Chinese language that you can find wealth in books, and can discover beauties and jade in books. By reading books, we know what we didn't know, and we become knowledgeable. Indeed, Bacon is quite right by saying that reading makes a full man. Without reading, one may give the others an impression that he/she lacks something inside. In Richard Baxter's article “Advice on Reading”, he suggested that one should choose the books that he/she reads. This is another aspect of importance of reading – your choose of books. There are millions of billions of books around the world. Some books are good, and some books are bad. Reading good books can lead you to a nice place of spiritual world, while bad books will endanger your mind and soul. Thus, reading is one of the main ways to learn, and to enrich one's spirituality ( Bells, 2009 ). Reading is the source of all knowledge, intellect and imagination. Reading books are the highest form from which to obtain knowledge. Internet articles are fantastic for snippets of information, like the importance of reading, but the true knowledge is to be sourced eventually to a good piece of literature. The study of books is endless, as book themselves, but greatly rewarding to anyone who may wish to be themselves intelligent and wish it upon their children. Books don't simply cater to the inquisitive mind for knowledge, they also to bring us adventure, or love, the wildest depth of our fantasy. Non fiction is educating, fiction is stimulating. Some say that equal entertainment can be gained from films and televisions, but it true simply in principle, not in range. A great film that can inspire the soul is a rare stroke of genius. But, books have the ability not only to inspire the mind, but also dissuade it form foolish action. They have the range to teach counter-arguments to the naive fantasies of others. Therefore, reading is a pleasure, a stimulant and a force of reason in a reckless world. Books can render to well rounded individual, they can further the depth of the mind's thought and open that same mind to new ideas. A man without books as a passion is certainly not all they can be ( King, 2009 ). Its necessary in this time and age, from a little school book to an application form, or even a simple newspaper, to have skill of reading. Even at the very start of education, we all get taught how to read and write so we can develop our skills because we need to know how to read and write for school to do well in all subjects like language, arts, math, science, social studies, and loads more. Even from a basic primary school all the way to college or even university, either way you need reading as one of the basic skills. ( Buswell, 2009 ). Reading is the one of the two critical skills needed for success in modern society. It's good to be able to use a computer, file a legal brief, or perform cosmetic surgery, but each hinges in the basic skills of reading. Reading is more than just entertainment or education. It is the key of infinite knowledge. The process of reading is a mental exercise that builds the mind's ability to process information. When you read you decode symbolic language internally generated visual data. In short, you make your own movie in mind. This process transforms information into a permanent form of memory. Self generated image files are a form of data easily stored and readily accessed and cross- referenced. Every book, magazine or article increase the available store of knowledge. In the process reading also develop critical thinking skills. A reader is able to deconstruct any form of presentation or detect flawed logic, suspect reasoning, or poorly structured story lines. Finally, readers are good leaders and leaders are good readers (Johnson, 2009 ). Reading should be vital to every person's life. It is the most effective method to learn the most enormous amount of information we are surrounded with every day life. We need to be quick learners at work and at home. Reading is an important part of education. We grew up reading about stories passed on to generation to generation, without which we would not be who we are now. When we read, we not only become knowledgeable about the topic at hand, we also become better speakers. We incorporate what we learn in our speech. Most professionals either talking to clients, customer or patients depend to the speaker to be well-read in their field of expertise. But also, reading makes us great listeners. We are more aware of our surroundings, and can better react to our world. The effects of reading are so far-reading, it is such an important part of lives. Don't underestimate the value of time you spend reading for it makes you into a more effective worker, speaker, listener, and it makes you a more pleasant person to be around with. You become confident in yourself. Knowledge is power, and reading brings this knowledge into our living rooms. Television is great, but it can not substitute for reading. Books and articles can be found in the libraries, on the Internet and in bookstores. It is everywhere; it can affect every aspect of our lives. The more you read, the more effective reader you become. You will notice that you remember more details clearly, that you can quickly summarize what you read about, and that you can make your own conclusions. Undoubtedly, this can be important at work and at school. You will become more flexible with your ideas, and instead of asking questions in class or at work, you will be able to explain the materials in your peers or to your boss. Thus, reading itself is very powerful for it will make you a better person in the society ( Ryzhikov, 2009 ). Reading is a process ordered sequential arrangements of words. Its importance is associative. Reading is a gateway to understanding the common trends of peoples social affect upon on their niche of worldly intention. As long as the periphery of visual coherent has a joint componential sequence of derivative precursors, reading becomes the sense that follows characteristic affectations of persistent relative expression. It shows concentration, insight, perspective, creativity intelligence and gives description posture. Reading is mental assurance of the physical world. Its the quickest way to acknowledge you understand something of the instructive focus that has been presented to you without going through certified curriculum that adhere to a curse of practicum because you invested money and would waste it, besides your time, if you did not seriously give it to your full attention. Reading contains a book full of objections that need to be adjusted to and coped with. The best way to do this is to reconfigure the expressive tense of a word conveyance by using a creative physical figure to transpose from text to textural content. You take a flat improperly sounding word and reform its position by altering the vowel content and proposing a preferred functional mistake. The content causing trouble is improper to comprehensive understanding, so clarification according to a preferred interpretation will enable corrected perceptive conveyance. The faulty presentation of the content does not acquire approval as being memorable, but segmented ans more fragmented, if it is not apprehended for information. This will deter ones thought process and cause evasion in its comprehension if not corrected otherwise (unless your one of those people whose photographic memory flawlessly reconfigured intent automatically. This would mean that you have the perfect mind and which can stand up to greater scrutiny. Reading is about yourself. How would you handle the same story or situation if circumstances presented themselves? Subjective reading like history may need to be over-read. You would take a numerical expletive ( a sentence that tells you dates of years and the many places and faces that were encountered on a historical journey and tell your own story so that you could track more subtitle differences while retaining selective details. You do this by telling yourselves that you can substitute like sounding words for ones that are too contracted in their pronunciation to bear memory of it. It becomes lost to content of having any impression on recall since it is not common to anything that you do understand. Any thought would be processed distinctively different from any other. When you do what is called reading, you are reading into your working understanding of the collected aspirations and desires hat present themselves with your visual field. You want to see something beneficial happen and are willing to infuse textual data into your working understanding through study ( Percowitz, 2009). There are 10 reasons why we need to read a book. First, to gain knowledge and information: It is through books that we get mostly the information we don't know. We also gain knowledge by reading books. We read books because we want to learn about information with regards to many things. We read books because we want to become knowledgeable. People who read a lot gain much knowledge. Second, to discover places and things: Even without traveling, we can discover about places and things that we haven't known ever existed. Reading books let us discover the hidden places that we haven't known in our life. We also discover many things that we haven't encountered and that we do not know. Third, to be entertained: We read books for entertainment. Most fiction stories are written to entertain. I love reading fiction stories because it makes me relax and be away from my works for a few hours. As I read the books I find it very calming and relaxing. Fourth, to learn how to do things: The how-to books are good books to learn the skills or anything that we don't know how to do without asking someone for help or spending money for someone to teach us. There are countless books in the bookstores that demonstrate and teach us to do things which are usually just for te experts. Fifth, to be updated about the modern technology: It is hard when someone is living in a technology-driven world and not knowing anything about the new technology. Reading a book could update us about what's going on in the world of modern technology. Sixth, to learn about different cultures: It is good to be knowledgeable about different culture in order to relate with the different races in the world especially if we love to ravel. Reading a book about cultures will help us to understand the many cultures in this world we are in. Seventh, to learn about language: Most people learn about the language in the books. Even without going to school and studying a certain language we could learn about it with the proper use of books. Eighth, a good hobby: Many people read because it is a hobby that they developed over the years. A person whose hobby is reading will read the any kind of books. Ninth, as a source pf materials: Books are used as a source of materials especially to the students. Students read books because they have research works or they are given assignment by their teacher that needs answer from the books. Tenth, to pass the time: Some people read books because they are bored. They find the solace in reading a book and make it a pass time if they tired or bored with what they are doing. Reading books makes a difference in a boring life to some people. ( Daskeo, 2009 )

Significance of the Problem The college students nowadays have spent much less time or no time at all in reading some educational books, magazines, newspapers, magazines, literary works and other reading materials. They became more busy in watching television, in playing computer games, in shopping and in doing unnecessary things that perhaps cannot help them in their growth as a person. The love of reading among students had gradually decreasing and losing. They looked reading as a boring kind of pastime. Thus, the importance of reading among the college students has been deteriorating rapidly perhaps because of the boom of technology. This study will help to inform the college students on how important reading is in enhancing one's personality. In addition, it will also serve a away of enlightenment for the students o choose reading as one of their hobbies; it will give them insights how reading can affect their whole being. In the aforementioned statement, first the researcher aim and hope that this study will help to encourage the college students to revive their fondness on reading. Secondly, they suppose that the number of students who would be involved in reading will increase. Finally, the researchers believe that through this study the college students will enhance and develop themselves through reading.

Scope and Limitation The investigation covers the existing facts about the influence of reading to the person's dynamism, specifically, college students. It covers the attitudes of the college students toward reading as a basic skills in enhancing one's personality. It entails how there involvement in reading helps them to be active in their classes and I their lives as well. The gathering of data is limited only in the Davao City. The survey will be conducted to 20 college students coming from different colleges and universities. They are from 1st Year to 4th college students. The elaborations on the main issues are focused more closely in the attitudes and involvement of college students toward reading.

Definition of Terms Benefits, in this study, is refer to the effects of reading to the dynamism of a college 	student. It is the result and profit that a student can get from reading. College Student is a student who is currently enrolled in a college or university. They are 	already in the tertiary level of education. The students of ADDU, DDC, USEP ,	UM, HCDC, and SFXCS are the respondent/participants in this study. Reading, in this study, is a skill which develops the dynamism of a person. It enhances 	one's personality and the awareness of life. It is a skills where the students are 	involved and influenced by it. Reading Materials, in this study, are the mediums such as books, novels, newspaper, 	magazines, articles, and other literary works used in influencing the college 	students' dynamism. It is a written piece which convey ideas, news, facts, and 	opinions about the world or a specific field which entertain and educate the readers.

Chapter 2 METHOD This chapter presents the method used by the researchers in doing their reesrach. This includes the five (5) methods	 such as research design, participants, instruments, data gathering procedures and statistical tool used in data gathering.

Research Design The researchers in this study use the descriptive survey research method by means of using the survey checklist. The questionnaire will enable the researchers to determine the influence of reading to a college student's dynamism.

Participants In all population of collegians in Davao City, the researchers only selected 20 respondents through random sampling process. The number of respondents coming form their respective colleges and universities are the following 11 from St. Francis Xavier College Seminary, 3 from Holy Cross of Davao College, 2 from University of Mindanao, 1 from Davao Doctors College, 1 from University of Southeastern Philippines and 1 from Ateneo De Davao University. The 20 of them are from 1st year to 4th year college students, 3 from 1st Year, 6 from 2nd Year, 5 from 3rd Year, and 6 from 4th Year. All the respondents are male ages from 17 to 24 years. Research Instruments The researcher made use of the checklist questionnaires, an instrument to gather the data. The purpose of the questionnaire is to prove the benefits of reading that influence the college student's dynamism and behavior towards other people and the society. The questionnaire was checked and validated by Mrs. Bernadeth Vitor, Englsih 2 teacher at St. Francis Xavier College Seminary. The questionnaire has 20 items to be answered.

Data Gathering Procedure We conducted the survey last February 20, 2010 at around 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm during the annual KOTAS Convention  at St. Francis Xavier College Seminary (SFXCS), Seminary Road Catalunan Grande, Davao City. In the event, some of the participants are college students. In conducting the survey, first, we gathered 20 Knights of the Altar Servers college students (KOTAS) in our classroom. Then, we distributed the survey questionnaire and gave them several minutes to answer it. Finally, we retrieved all the questionnaires which were fully and legibly answered by them.

Statistical Treatment of the Data After the researchers had collected the data, the computation of the percentage was set and the result was applied to analyze the data gathered. There were tabular representations of the results followed by the demonstration of the results.

Chapter 3 PRESENATION AND ANALYSIS OF FINDINGS The summary of the findings, conclusions, recommendations by the researchers from the result obtained are presented in this chapter.

Table 1: Reading is important in one's life. Options Number of Respondents Total Yes 20 20 No 0 0 Maybe 0 0 Total 20 20

The table shows that 20 of the respondents answered Yes; 0 for No and 0 for Maybe. Table 2: Reading makes a person active in socializing with others. Options Number of Respondents Total Yes 14 14 No 0 0 Maybe 6 6 Total 20 20

The table shows that 14 of the respondents answered Yes; 0 for No and 6 for Maybe. `Table 3: Reading makes a person aware of his surrounding. Options Number of Respondents Total Yes 15 15 No 0 0 Maybe 5 5 Total 20 20	The table shows that 15 of the respondents answered Yes; 0 for No and 5 for Maybe.

Table 4: Reading makes a person a creative writer. Options Number of Respondents Total Yes 16 16 No 1 1 Maybe 3 3 Total 20 20

The table shows that 16 of the respondents answered Yes; 1 for No and 3 for Maybe.

Table 5: Reading makes a person a better person. Options Number of Respondents Total Yes 14 14 No 0 0 Maybe 6 6 Total 20 20

The table shows that 14 of the respondents answered Yes; 0 for No and 6 for Maybe.

Table 6: Reading makes a person attentive or participative in class. Options Number of Respondents Total Yes 14 14 No 2 2 Maybe 4 4 Total 20 20

The table shows that 14 of the respondents answered Yes; 2 for No and 4 for Maybe.

Table 7: Persons who read books and literary works outside their study time or class hours. Options Number of Respondnets Total Yes 14 14 No 2 2 Maybe 4 4 Total 20 20

The table shows that 14 of the respondents answered Yes; 2 for No and 4 for Maybe.

Table 8: Reading is one of their hobbies. Options Number of Respondents Total Yes 12 12 No 4 4 Maybe 4 4 Total 20 20

The table shows that 12 of the respondents answered Yes; 4 for No and 4 for Maybe.

Table 9: Reading can influence a person to become active in his college life. Options Number of Respondents Total Yes 16 16 No 0 0 Maybe 4 4 Total 20 20

The table shows that 16 of the respondents answered Yes; 0 for No and 4 for Maybe.

Table 10: Reading can helps a person improve his writing skills. Options Number of Respondents Total Yes 15 15 No 0 0 Maybe 5 5 Total 20 20

The table shows that 15 of the respondents answered Yes; 0 for No and 5 for Maybe.

Table 11: Reading can improve a person's grammar. Options Number of Respondents Total Yes 19 19 No 0 0 Maybe 1 1 Total 20 20

The table shows that 19 of the respondents answered Yes; 0 for No and 1 for Maybe.

Table 12: Reading makes a person sensitive of his society. Options Number of Respondents Total Yes 12 12 No 0 0 Maybe 8 8 Total 20 20

The table shows that 12 of the respondents answered Yes; 0 for No and 8 for Maybe.

Table 13: Reading changes a person's perspective in life. Options Number of Respondents Total Yes 8 8 No 1 1 Maybe 11 11 Total 20 20	The table shows that 8 of the respondents answered Yes; 1 for No and 11 for Maybe.

Table 14: Reading enhances a person's comprehension. Options Number of Respondents Total Yes 20 20 No 0 0 Maybe 0 0 Total 20 20

The table shows that 20 of the respondents answered Yes; 0 for No and 0 for Maybe.

Table 15: Reading gives answer to some of the questions in a person's mind. Options Number of Respondents Total Yes 18 18 No 0 0 Maybe 2 2 Total 20 20

The table shows that 18 of the respondents answered Yes; 0 for No and 2 for Maybe.

Table 16: Reading increases a person's vocabularies. Options Number of Respondents Total Yes 18 18 No 0 0 Maybe 2 2 Total 20 20

The table shows that 18 of the respondents answered Yes; 0 for No and 2 for Maybe.

Table 17: Reading is really helpful in a person's study. Options Number of Respondents Total Yes 20 20 No 0 0 Maybe 0 0 Total 20 20

The table shows that 20 of the respondents answered Yes; 0 for No and 0 for Maybe.

Table 18: Reading affects a person's way of living. Options Number of Respondents Total Yes 14 14 No 1 4 Maybe 5 5 Total 20 20

The table shows that 14 of the respondents answered Yes; 1 for No and 5 for Maybe.

Table 19: A person who reads only in his field of interests. Options Number of Respondents Total Yes 7 7 No 5 5 Total 20 20 Total 20 20

The table shows that 7 of the respondents answered Yes; 5 for No and 8 for Maybe.

Table 20: The number of hours spent by the students in reading. Options Number of Respondents Total 3 hours 6 6 6 hours 3 3 9 hours 0 0 Total 9 9

The table shows that 6 of the respondents answered Yes; 3 for No and 0 for Maybe.

Table 21: The summary of table 1-19 Tables Yes No Maybe 1 20 0 0 2 14 0 6 3 15 0 5 4 16 1 3 5 14 0 6 6 14 2 4 7 14 2 4 8 12 4 4 9 16 0 4 10 15 0 5 11 19 0 1 12 12 0 8 13 8 1 11 14 20 0 0 15 18 0 2 16 18 0 2 17 20 0 0 18 14 1 5 19 7 5 8 TOTAL: 286 16 78 PERCENTAGE: 75.26 4.21 20.53

The table 21 reflects the summary of table 1to table 19. In table 1, 100% of the respondents said that reading is important in their lives. In table 2, 70% of the respondents said that reading makes them active in socializing with other people. In table 3, 75% of the respondents said that reading makes them aware of their surroundings. In table 4, 80% of the respondents said that reading makes them a creative writer. In table 5, 70% of the respondents said that reading makes them a better person. In table 6, 70% of the respondents said that reading makes them participative and attentive in class. In table 7, 70% of the respondents said that they read literary works and books beyond their study time. In table 8, 60% of the respondents said that reading is one of their hobbies. In table 9, 80% of the respondents said that reading influenced them to be active in their college life. In table 10, 75% of the respondents said that reading helps them improve their writing skills. In table 11, 95% of the respondents said that reading helps them improve their grammar. In table 12, 60%  of the respondents said that reading makes them sensitive of their society. In table 13, 55% of the respondents said that reading somehow  change their perspective in life. In table 14, 100% of the respondents said that reading enhances their  comprehension. In table 15, 80% of the respondents said that reading have given answers to some  questions in their minds. In table 16, 90% of the respondents said that reading increases their vocabularies. In table 17, 100% of the respondents said that reading is really helpful in their study. In tale18, 70% of the respondents said that reading affects the way they live their lives. In table 19, 40% of the respondents said that somehow they read only in their filed of interests. Thus, the table 21 states that 75.26% of the respondents believed in themselves that reading is an essential skill that need to be developed more. They also agreed that their dynamism toward other people and their awareness about the world are much affected because of their reading habit. 4.21% of the respondents believed that reading didn't affect their dynamism towards other people. For the reason that reading is not their hobby and they don't have much interest on it. 20.53% of the respondents are not sure whether reading really influence them or not. Moreover, they just read whenever they wanted.

TABLE 22: The summary of table 20 Table 3 hours 6 hours 9 hours 20 6 3 0 Total 6 3 0 Percentage 30 % 15 % 0 %

The table 22 reflects the summary of the table 20. It states that 30% of the respondents answered that they read with the minimum of 3 hours a day, 15% of them read for minimum of 6 hours a day, and 0% of them read for 9 hours a day. The other 55% spent different hours in reading based on their necessity. Nevertheless, they all read everyday.

Chapter 4 SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Summary Reading is the basic foundation on which academic skills of an individual are built. The education system knows this fact very well, and hence it is given a top priority in education. Reading is an apt measure of a persons success in academics. Most of the subjects taught to the students are based on a simple concept such as read, synthesize, analyze, and process information. Thus, reading is an essential skill that college student must acquire and develop more in order to become knowledgeable about the things that are happening inside and outside the four corners of the room. Base on the gathered data through the aid of the survey questionnaire, the survey have proved that each students in college had valued reading as part of their lives' daily activity. However, they have different degree of giving importance to it. Indeed, it is true in the findings that not all college students make reading as their hobby, nevertheless, they spent minimum of 20 minutes a day and it must be looked as a good beginning. The survey affirmed the existing facts about the benefits of reading. True enough, constant reading makes the college students not only participative and active in their class but also in their social life as a student and citizen. Furthermore, most of the college students have developed their grammar, improved their writing skill, enhanced their comprehension, widen their imagination and expanded their vocabularies. Reading books and literary works inside and outside of their field of interests help them acquired more knowledge that they can used in their day to day living with other people. In addition, many questions in their minds are answered for they discovered some solutions from reading. Indeed, the findings confirmed the famous statement of Sir Francis Bacon that reading maketh a fuller man, a fuller man in a sense that they become a well-rounded person. Thus, according to C.S Canonigo the highest reward for reading a good book is not what you get from it, but what you become from reading it.

Conclusions Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusion are drawn: 1. Reading influences much the dynamism, behavior and personality of a college students towards other people and to the things around them. 2. Reading has a great significance not only in the academic formation of the students but also in the totality of a persons characters. 3. Some of the college students are not only reading during their study hours but also during their pastime. 4. Most of the college students became more aware of their surroundings and participative in their society because of the knowledge gain from reading. 5. The student's self-esteem is firmly develop through constant reading for it conquers his ignorance about himself and about the world. 6. The number of hours spent in reading is very essential to determining how the students value the importance of reading materials. 7. The students have applied most of their learnings that they acquired from reading books, magazines, literary works, newspapers and the like.

Recommendations On the basis of the foregoing findings and conclusions, the following recommendations are suggested. 1.Teachers must promote reading by giving the students assignments and projects such as term paper, book reports and the like in order for them to make use of their reading skills and eventually gained knowledge. Moreover, teacher should be the ones to first advocate reading in their own respective classes. 2.Teachers must advocate the use of library reference to their students in making research paper than the internet for sometimes the information in the internet is not credible enough. This would develop the ability of the students to read, analyze, synthesize and process information. 3.The students must maintain a good reading by reading at least 20 minutes or more a day. In their way, they may not only exercise their mind but learn from what they are reading and eventually, it will become one of their hobbies or leisure.

4.The students should not only read base on their field of interest but also to explore the other fields that concerns the world and the society. This would make them aware of what's happening in the local, national and global events. 5.Students must encourage other students to read by sharing the joys that he experience from reading. This would probably motivate the students, who don't read, to spent time in reading for learning starts from curiosity. 6.Future research must be conducted for further validate the result of their study because in this study only men were being taken as respondents.

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