Abstract

CALDERON AGUDELO, Sandra; CARVAJAL AVILA, Ligia Milena  and  GUERRERO LOPEZ, Ana Yamile. How to Improve Sixth Graders’ Reading Comprehension through the Skimming Technique*. profile [online]. 2007, n.8, pp.25-40. ISSN 1657-0790.

This project was developed at Venecia school morning shift located in Tunjuelito, Zone 6 in Bogotá. Population involved consisted of forty-four, sixth-grade students. The pupils were between 11-13 years old, whose social and economic conditions were difficult. Our goal for this project was to introduce the skimming technique to familiarize students with it to make the reading process easier since reading in a foreign language implies a complex process and students need useful tools to confront a text in an effective way. Through different reading workshops worked in classes we discovered that reading can be a meaningful and interesting process for students. According to the findings, we concluded that the skimming technique was very easy to apply and it was appropriate for reading and comprehending a text.

Keywords : Skimming technique; meaningful reading; innovation.

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