Our definition of "reading in a foreign language" probably depends on our own previous language learning experiences. For example, if the teacher used the grammar translation method, reading probably figured prominently among the typical activities. As part of each lesson, the teacher probably assigned a number of lines or pages of text for you to prepare for the next class meeting. At home you would read laboriously through the text, conscientiously looking up all the words whose meanings you didn't know. In the next class meeting the teacher would call on the students one by one to read the assigned text aloud in the original language and then to translate the passage into English. The reading and translation might be followed by a discussion of some of the features of the text: noteworthy grammatical constructions, new vocabulary, stylistic nuances and the like. But as time goes by, this perception is getting narrow.
Reading at this point plays a crucial role in the shaping of every student's quest for more learning. It serves as the door for more information as well as the starting point for discovering for oneself the beauty as well as the realities of the world around him. That success in both business and social situations nowadays, depend to a great extent on the skillful use of the universal language "English"/ The access to the world information and global market of different opportunities definitely need a good command of the written and spoken language, communicative competencies and the ability to use it both correctly and appropriately as in reading and interpreting messages and sending it back, are a few of the problems confronting Filipino students. Because of these adversaries the Filipino students are facing the researcher had been moved to make a study that would greatly contribute to the development of the communicative competencies of our students. Furthermore, observations reflects that the need to advocate new approaches arises; in order to inspire students to learn and improve themselves in using english not only as a second language but more of a tool of communication should then be a prime goal of every english teacher. Of all the four skills to be mastered in English namely: speaking, writing, listening and reading the latter has been delegated to some extent at the backseat. It has been of normal occurence these days to see students having difficulty in reading, if not having the reading disability at all.