%L uneatlantico1194 %D 2022 %X The study was planned as an Action Research. Thus, from our role as teacher-researchers, we examine the strengths, limitations, and difficulties of the initial reading and writing teaching process. Then, we implement strategies in order to facilitate and motivate students to develop the reading and writing process in the English language. %A Mirta Isabel Padilla MembreƱo %T An Action Research for Implementing the Use of short stories in the classroom to develop reading comprehension in a group of EFL students at The National Autonomous University of Honduras. %K Short stories, develop, reading comprehension