Proposal for the improvement of reading comprehension of English as a foreign language based on social networks for tenth grade students
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Universidad Europea del Atlántico > Docencia > Trabajos finales de Máster
Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana México > Docencia > Trabajos finales de Máster
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The use of social networks is part of the daily life of adolescents. Through them, they communicate with their friends and family, have fun and explore different topics. On the other hand, reading comprehension in English is one of the skills that is most worked on with students about to finish their high school studies and start university life. This degree work seeks to integrate social networks such as Instagram and WhatsApp with the development of reading comprehension in English of tenth-grade students of a public institution through a didactic proposal that includes topics of interest to students that are usually published and shared on social networks. The proposal is developed in several stages and moments as different aspects of reading comprehension are worked on, such as the speed of comprehension, the level of comprehension, and the recognition of vocabulary in the texts.In this action research, a mixed methodology was used, including aspects of the case study. For the first objective, where a diagnosis of the level of English of the students was necessary, an instrument taken from an English teaching text was applied. For the following objective, the literature on successful educational experiences in the use of social networks worldwide was reviewed. Combining the findings of the diagnosis and the literature, a didactic proposal carried out for several weeks was created. At the end of the proposal, the instrument used as a diagnosis was applied again and the new results were analyzed.Some results of this research were the low level of reading comprehension of the students evidenced in the initial diagnosis and their improvement after the implementation of the didactic proposal. It can be also deduced the need to encourage the use of ICT both in students and teachers in the development of skills in English, which has to work with the scarcity of technological resources such as computers and internet connections in the educational institution. Other aspects such as the connection of topics to the interests and likes of the students, and the need to expand the didactic proposal in other groups and for a longer time were shown in the results and conclusions of this research.
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Echavarria Cifuentes, Claudia Yanet
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claudia.echavarria@udea.edu.co
(2022)
Proposal for the improvement of reading comprehension of English as a foreign language based on social networks for tenth grade students.
Masters thesis, SIN ESPECIFICAR.
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The use of social networks is part of the daily life of adolescents. Through them, they communicate with their friends and family, have fun and explore different topics. On the other hand, reading comprehension in English is one of the skills that is most worked on with students about to finish their high school studies and start university life. This degree work seeks to integrate social networks such as Instagram and WhatsApp with the development of reading comprehension in English of tenth-grade students of a public institution through a didactic proposal that includes topics of interest to students that are usually published and shared on social networks. The proposal is developed in several stages and moments as different aspects of reading comprehension are worked on, such as the speed of comprehension, the level of comprehension, and the recognition of vocabulary in the texts.In this action research, a mixed methodology was used, including aspects of the case study. For the first objective, where a diagnosis of the level of English of the students was necessary, an instrument taken from an English teaching text was applied. For the following objective, the literature on successful educational experiences in the use of social networks worldwide was reviewed. Combining the findings of the diagnosis and the literature, a didactic proposal carried out for several weeks was created. At the end of the proposal, the instrument used as a diagnosis was applied again and the new results were analyzed.Some results of this research were the low level of reading comprehension of the students evidenced in the initial diagnosis and their improvement after the implementation of the didactic proposal. It can be also deduced the need to encourage the use of ICT both in students and teachers in the development of skills in English, which has to work with the scarcity of technological resources such as computers and internet connections in the educational institution. Other aspects such as the connection of topics to the interests and likes of the students, and the need to expand the didactic proposal in other groups and for a longer time were shown in the results and conclusions of this research.
| Tipo de Documento: | Tesis (Masters) |
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| Palabras Clave: | Public high school, social networks, reading comprehension, teaching proposal, skills, English, foreign language |
| Clasificación temática: | Materias > Educación |
| Divisiones: | Universidad Europea del Atlántico > Docencia > Trabajos finales de Máster Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana México > Docencia > Trabajos finales de Máster |
| Depositado: | 29 Abr 2024 23:30 |
| Ultima Modificación: | 29 Abr 2024 23:30 |
| URI: | https://repositorio.uneatlantico.es/id/eprint/2970 |
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