The research aims to determine the level of comprehension of the students of President Ramon Magsaysay State University- College of Teachers of Education, taking the Bachelor of Secondary Education course specializing in the field and subject Filipino, Academic Year 2018- 2019 in World Literature, text translations of short stories. The researcher also aims to create a comprehensive worktext that will cultivate and develop the ability of students at the level of their respective comprehension, especially in the study of World Literature. There were 34 total respondents; 10 students from PRMSU-Iba Kampus and 24 students from PRMSU- Sta. Cruz Campus. Knowing the level of comprehension of the students was through a 30-item questionnaire divided into two parts; the first used the original text and the second a translated text of the short story. The standard score became the basis of the criterion of the method of qualitative interpretation of the scores or scores of the students.
Throughout the study, it was found that there was a moderate level of comprehension when it comes to Characterization, Contextual Clues, and Content of the Story using the original text of the short story as part of World Literature.
Students have a good level of comprehension when it comes to Knowing the Emotion of the Person, Getting Meaning with the Help of a Hint, and the Content of the Article using the original text of the short story as part of World Literature.
There is a highly significant difference in the level of comprehension of the students in the short story written in the original and translated text in knowing the feelings of the staff, getting the meaning with the help of hints and content of the work.
The relevance of the type of text is high whether it is original or translation as used in knowing the level of comprehension of the reader and student.