Increasing Motivation to Read in English Class Through Choice-Giving Strategies

ABSTRACT: This action research study was designed to analyze how choice-giving strategies would affect motivation to read, in an English class, to a group of 8th graders at the private catholic high school Instituto Salesiano Pedro Justo Berrio, in Medellin. There were 10 teenage participants, with a medium high level of English. The strategies were related to content, process and product, developed during the course of two cycles. The data was collected with a survey on motivation to read applied two times, two focus groups, personal observations and an interview with the Cooperating Teacher. The results gathered from this research showed how choice- giving strategies can increase motivation to read as it is targeted to students' preferences.

• Autores: Vidal Arboleda, Manuela
• Tipo de recurso: Trabajo de grado de pregrado
• Fecha de publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/26624
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/10495/26624
• Palabra clave: Action research; Learning strategies; Motivation in education; Secondary schools; Teaching methods; Método de enseñanza; Foreign language reading; Teaching strategies; Escuelas secundarias – Medellín; Estrategia de aprendizaje; Estrategia de enseñanza; Investigacion accion – Medellin; Lectura en una lengua extranjera; Motivación en Educación; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85000722; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95000636; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85087566; http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept8694; http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept83
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/co/