Student Awareness of Social Practices by Using Reading Strategies Through Blogs
This paper reports a qualitative action study carried out with learners from English Level 2 from the International Languages Institute at a public university in the city of Duitama, Colombia. This research arose from a problem reported in a diagnostic survey, which showed the development of reading...
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Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
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| description | This paper reports a qualitative action study carried out with learners from English Level 2 from the International Languages Institute at a public university in the city of Duitama, Colombia. This research arose from a problem reported in a diagnostic survey, which showed the development of reading activities to be monotonous, having scarce knowledge, and using limited reading strategies. Video recording extracts, student blogs and an open-ended questionnaire reported that the use of blogs promotes reading as a meaningful activity. Likewise, the use of strategies (making connections, asking questions, predictions, and imagery) empowered the students to interpret their knowledge and their world. In the same way, reading from blogs revealed reflections, experiences, and personal points of view to challenge and make sense of attitudes, situations, and progress in the social practices of individual students. Five workshops were designed and implemented by adopting the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA) as a model to guide students in constructing their process as conscious readers. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-118942021-08-03T15:33:33Z Student Awareness of Social Practices by Using Reading Strategies Through Blogs Conciencia en los estudiantes acerca de las prácticas sociales usando estrategias de lectura a través de blogs Puerto, Paola Yesenia blogs, CALLA model, reading strategies, social practices blogs, estrategias de lectura, modelo CALLA, practicas sociales This paper reports a qualitative action study carried out with learners from English Level 2 from the International Languages Institute at a public university in the city of Duitama, Colombia. This research arose from a problem reported in a diagnostic survey, which showed the development of reading activities to be monotonous, having scarce knowledge, and using limited reading strategies. Video recording extracts, student blogs and an open-ended questionnaire reported that the use of blogs promotes reading as a meaningful activity. Likewise, the use of strategies (making connections, asking questions, predictions, and imagery) empowered the students to interpret their knowledge and their world. In the same way, reading from blogs revealed reflections, experiences, and personal points of view to challenge and make sense of attitudes, situations, and progress in the social practices of individual students. Five workshops were designed and implemented by adopting the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA) as a model to guide students in constructing their process as conscious readers. Este documento reporta una investigación de acción cualitativa llevada a cabo con estudiantes de inglés de nivel 2 del Instituto Internacional de Idiomas de una universidad pública en la ciudad de Duitama, Colombia. Este estudio surgió de un problema reportado a través de una encuesta de diagnóstico, la cual evidenció monotonía en las actividades de lectura y escaso conocimiento y uso de estrategias de lectura. Aspectos encontrados en las grabaciones de video, blogs de estudiantes y un cuestionario abierto informaron que el uso de blogs promueve la lectura como una actividad significativa. Así mismo, el uso de estrategias (conexiones, preguntas, predicción e imaginación) empoderó la forma como estudiantes interpretan su conocimiento y su mundo. Así mismo la lectura de blogs reveló creencias, experiencias, puntos de vista personales para desafiar y dar sentido a las actitudes, situaciones y avances en sus prácticas sociales diarias. Cinco talleres fueron diseñados e implementados tomando en cuenta el modelo Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA) fundamental para guiar a los estudiantes a construir su proceso como lectores conscientes. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2020-10-15 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/enletawa_journal/article/view/11894 10.19053/2011835X.11894 Enletawa Journal; Vol. 13 No. 1 (2020): Enletawa Journal; 57-82 Enletawa Journal; Vol. 13 Núm. 1 (2020): Enletawa Journal; 57-82 2463-1965 2011-835X eng https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/enletawa_journal/article/view/11894/9770 Copyright (c) 2020 ENLETAWA JOURNAL https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
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| title | Student Awareness of Social Practices by Using Reading Strategies Through Blogs |
| title_alt | Conciencia en los estudiantes acerca de las prácticas sociales usando estrategias de lectura a través de blogs |
| title_full | Student Awareness of Social Practices by Using Reading Strategies Through Blogs |
| title_fullStr | Student Awareness of Social Practices by Using Reading Strategies Through Blogs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Student Awareness of Social Practices by Using Reading Strategies Through Blogs |
| title_short | Student Awareness of Social Practices by Using Reading Strategies Through Blogs |
| title_sort | student awareness of social practices by using reading strategies through blogs |
| topic | blogs, CALLA model, reading strategies, social practices blogs, estrategias de lectura, modelo CALLA, practicas sociales |
| topic_facet | blogs, CALLA model, reading strategies, social practices blogs, estrategias de lectura, modelo CALLA, practicas sociales |
| url | https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/enletawa_journal/article/view/11894 |
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