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2000-01-01

Reading Comprehension: A Viable Challenge for Public School Students

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  • Rocío Correales Author
  • Olga Mendivelso Author
  • Flor Santacruz Author
This study was conducted in the Diana Turbay state school with students of one eighth grade class with a low English level. The group was chosen because of their special characteristics within this public institution: their number (just eighteen students) and their interest in and motivation for learning English as a foreign language. The motivation they show allowed the researchers to observe and collect more specific information for this study and for future research on reading comprehension. Data collection was conducted using many different techniques, such as open observations, diary, surveys, students’ self-evaluation and field notes. All these techniques provided information as authentic as possible. The purpose of the study was to determine if students improved their reading comprehension in English by applying specific reading strategies. Results showed that students from state schools can achieve good comprehension of English texts through adequate training despite the fact that they start their English learning so late. Further research on this topic should study the relationship between reading comprehension in Spanish and in English. It would also be necessary to study how students can acquire language structures through reading activities.

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Correales, R., Mendivelso, O. and Santacruz, F. (2000). Reading Comprehension: A Viable Challenge for Public School Students. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 1(1), 38–41. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11419

ACM

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Correales, R., Mendivelso, O. and Santacruz, F. 2000. Reading Comprehension: A Viable Challenge for Public School Students. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development. 1, 1 (Jan. 2000), 38–41.

ACS

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Correales, R.; Mendivelso, O.; Santacruz, F. Reading Comprehension: A Viable Challenge for Public School Students. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. 2000, 1, 38-41.

ABNT

CORREALES, R.; MENDIVELSO, O.; SANTACRUZ, F. Reading Comprehension: A Viable Challenge for Public School Students. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, [S. l.], v. 1, n. 1, p. 38–41, 2000. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11419. Acesso em: 28 mar. 2024.

Chicago

Correales, Rocío, Olga Mendivelso, and Flor Santacruz. 2000. “Reading Comprehension: A Viable Challenge for Public School Students”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 1 (1):38-41. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11419.

Harvard

Correales, R., Mendivelso, O. and Santacruz, F. (2000) “Reading Comprehension: A Viable Challenge for Public School Students”, Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 1(1), pp. 38–41. Available at: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11419 (Accessed: 28 March 2024).

IEEE

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R. Correales, O. Mendivelso, and F. Santacruz, “Reading Comprehension: A Viable Challenge for Public School Students”, Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev., vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 38–41, Jan. 2000.

MLA

Correales, R., O. Mendivelso, and F. Santacruz. “Reading Comprehension: A Viable Challenge for Public School Students”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 2000, pp. 38-41, https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11419.

Turabian

Correales, Rocío, Olga Mendivelso, and Flor Santacruz. “Reading Comprehension: A Viable Challenge for Public School Students”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 1, no. 1 (January 1, 2000): 38–41. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11419.

Vancouver

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Correales R, Mendivelso O, Santacruz F. Reading Comprehension: A Viable Challenge for Public School Students. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. [Internet]. 2000 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];1(1):38-41. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11419

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