"The Marungko Strategy in Teaching Reading in Filipino: An Experimental Study"

Aims: This study aims to determine the efficacy of the Marungko Strategy in teaching Filipino among Junior High School students. Study Design: One Group Pretest-Posttest Design Place and Duration of Study: The study's respondents are thirty-eight (38) students currently enrolled at Zillovia National High School, Talacogon District, Division of Agusan del Sur, in 2025-2026. Methodology: In this research, the researcher selects an entire group (one class or section) from three groups of students. Rather than selecting typical students, a random sample of the whole group is selected. Results: This study shows that the Marungko Strategy significantly improves Filipino reading skills among Junior High School students. This indicates that the results provide sufficient grounds to recommend applying this strategy more broadly in Filipino reading instruction at the Junior High School level. Conclusion: This study provides clear evidence that the Marungko Strategy is an effective way to improve the reading skills of Junior High School students, especially in word recognition and reading comprehension. The noticeable improvement in students’ performance from the pretest to the posttest suggests that organized and step-by-step instruction plays an important role in developing reading ability. In addition, the recommendations aim to extend the use of this strategy both inside and outside the classroom and to guide future researchers conducting similar studies. Overall, this study not only adds to existing knowledge but also supports the continued improvement of reading instruction in the Filipino context.