Abstract

TITLE: DEVELOPING READING COMPETENCES IN ENGLISH IN THE SOCIO-

SPORT AREA IN THE NINTH GRADE STUDENTS WITH EDMODO.

Autor(s): Fredy Alexander López Suarez y Paola Andrea Torres Durán

Key words: Reading comprehension, educational platform, English language, sport

area.

The present research shows the evaluation made on a pedagogical proposal,

designed in a virtual learning environment, using the educational platform Edmodo
as the main means as a tool to develop reading comprehension processes in English
in the social-sports environment of ninth grade students of the secondary school of
a rural institution, contributing significantly to improve reading comprehension levels.

This proposal was born because of the low results obtained in the “Pruebas Saber
11” and the low performance in the English area in recent years in the students of
the Agricultural Technical School of Chiscas, this due to the lack of understanding
of texts and the least interest and knowledge of this language. In order to improve
these difficulties, a diagnostic test is carried out that allows to establish the levels of
comprehension and design a strategy that helps to strengthen the weaknesses
found.

The methodology of this research was qualitative, because it is focused on the

description of the experiences and situations presented during the development of
the activities, as well as the interpretation of the results obtained from the different
tests applied to the students. Among the instruments used for data collection are the
field diary, surveys to students and teachers, a diagnostic test, the activities carried
out during the implementation and the final evaluation.

The results of the research showed how the implementation of TICs Tools helped to
improve student reading levels in a 38% in the inferential level and 47% in the literal
level, in the same way it was established that English is an area that allows enriching
the knowledge in different subjects since it is possible to work in a transversal and
united way expanding the lexical and cultural aspects in each one.