Assessment of Morphological Awareness on Inflection Through the Impact of Reading Materials

Abstract

The knowledge of word formation rules and the pairings between sounds and meaning sets what morphology is. The ability to use this knowledge of word formation rules and the pairings between sounds and meaning encompasses morphological awareness. This study aimed to assess the level of morphological awareness of Education English major students of Pangasinan State University (PSU), Lingayen campus. Specifically, it sought to answer the impact of reading materials to the morphological awareness of the respondents on inflectional morphemes. The descriptive survey method was utilized as the research described and attempted to assess the level of morphological awareness on inflectional morphemes of the respondents and the impact of reading materials to said awareness. In this study, 100 out of 300 Education English major students were chosen through stratified random sampling. Adopted survey and written test questionnaire was used as instrument of this study. The data were subjected to statistical treatment through frequency count and average weighted mean of which was interpreted in terms of descriptive equivalent and descriptive interpretation. Findings revealed that reading magazines and reading articles have high impact to the morphological awareness on inflectional morphemes of the respondents. Hence, morphological awareness on inflectional morphemes would entail better comprehension through the development of learning enrichment materials.