How do critical reading strategies foster language acquisition?

This article presents an action research study on reading strategies to foster language acquisition in a public high school institution. This study aims to acknowledge how critical reading can be fostered through reading strategies to foster the language acquisition process in English as a foreign language. This qualitative research frames an intervention process based on action research to describe the developing process of critical reading through reading strategies. Data were gathered through pre- and post-tests, lesson plans, participant observations, and interviews. The results evidenced that reading strategies allow students to comprehend texts, increase language acquisition, and favor the critical view. In conclusion, in classrooms, implementing reading strategies allows students to increase reading comprehension capacity and acquire language skills.

• Autores: Gómez Velásquez , Viviana María; Castañeda Machuca, Jorge Eliecer; Henao Monsalve, Miguel Ángel
• Tipo de recurso: Trabajo de grado de pregrado
• Fecha de publicación: 2024
• Institución: Universidad Católica Luis Amigó
• Repositorio: Repositorio Institucional Universidad Católica Luis Amigó
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.ucatolicaluisamigo.edu.co:20.500.14.531/5359
• Acceso en línea: https://repository.ucatolicaluisamigo.edu.co/handle/20.500.14.531/5359
• Palabra clave: critical reading; foreign language; language acquisition; reading strategies; adquisición de lenguas; lectura crítica; estrategias de lectura; lengua extranjera; Lectura crítica; Estrategias de lectura; Adquisición del lenguaje; Lengua extranjera; Critical Reading; Reading Strategies; Language Acquisition; Foreign Language; a
• Rights: embargoedAccess
• License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/