“Home to Hall”: Utilization of Modular Learning Approach and Its Relationship to the Reading Attitude and Performance of Basic Education Learners in the New Normal Context of Peru

Abstract

School activities in Peru were suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID 19 Pandemic, with this, students were transformed to study in the comfort of their own homes. This study assessed the utilization of modular learning approach and its relationship to the reading attitude and performance of basic education learners in the new normal context. It employed descriptive correlational research design. A standardized test questionnaire was sent to 50 basic education students and their 50 parents in order to gather data. Results revealed that the general assessment of the basic education students towards reading is positive or slightly happy. This means that the students have a moderate level of reading attitude. It was also shown that students' recreational reading and attitude towards academic reading are positively favourable, showing that the learners are progressing in their reading skill and itnerest. Students' reading attitudes seem to be influenced by the modular approach in reading, but no significant relationship is found when reading performance is taken into account. The respondents' frustration and difficulties with the modular approach have led to creating an Enhanced English Reading Module.