This means that there was a significant difference of the pretest and post-test of the experimental group of students.

However, the t-value of the two groups was-6.601 with the p-value of. The findings showed that the mean of the experimental group of students in pretest is 19.73 with the standard deviation of 7.42 which belongs to Frustration level of reading proficiency and the mean of its post-test is 28.04 with the standard deviation of 4.52 which also belongs to Frustration Level, yet in the first place, there were 24 students belongs to frustration level and 2 students belongs to instructional level and none for the independent level, then after applying collaborative method, there was changed of numbers happen there were now 17 students belongs to frustration and 9 students belongs to instructional level and none for the independent. The research instruments were Filipino short stories and interview for the focus group discussion. In addition, the study used the purposive method and the respondents were secondary students especially Grade 7. The comparison of the two groups was cited by the theory of Constructivism. The two groups compared with their level of reading proficiency Frustration, Instructional and Independent. The experimental group of students used the Collaborative method in reading while the other group, the controlled group of students used the traditional one with the same content of questionnaires. This study was a Quasi Experimental which composed of two groups there are 26 students in experimental and 24 students in controlled group and total of 50 students, each group has pretest and post-test. Every teachers aims to have students who are having a best reading skills in their class, yet unexpectedly that there are some students who are struggling readers as well as in dealing with their comprehension.

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