PROFILE 5, NO.1. Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development

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2004-01-01

Strategies to Support High School Students’ Reading Comprehension in the English Language

Estrategias de apoyo para la comprensión de lectura del idioma inglés en estudiantes de educación secundaria y media

Keywords:

Foreign Language-Teaching, Reading Strategies (en)
Enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras, estrategias de lectura (es)

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  • Freddy Oswaldo Zabala Palacio Universidad Nacional de Colombia image/svg+xml

This article reports on a study carried out when doing my teaching practice in a public high school in Bogotá, Colombia, in 2002. The main objective of my research project was to support the development of eleventh graders’ reading comprehension competence in English. Hence, I refer to the group’s views on English reading comprehension, their handling of strategies to develop reading competence in English and their progress after having applied those strategies.

Este artículo reporta un estudio llevado a cabo durante mi práctica docente en una escuela pública de Bogotá, Colombia, en el año 2002. El objetivo principal de mi proyecto de investigación fue apoyar el desarrollo de la competencia en comprensión de lectura en el idioma inglés en estudiantes de undécimo grado. Por lo tanto, menciono los puntos de vista de los estudiantes sobre la comprensión de lectura, la forma como utilizan las estrategias para desarrollar esta competencia en inglés y su proceso después de su acercamiento a la comprensión lectora a través del uso de las mismas.

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Zabala Palacio, F. O. (2004). Strategies to Support High School Students’ Reading Comprehension in the English Language. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 5(1), 98–109. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11217

ACM

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Zabala Palacio, F.O. 2004. Strategies to Support High School Students’ Reading Comprehension in the English Language. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development. 5, 1 (Jan. 2004), 98–109.

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Zabala Palacio, F. O. Strategies to Support High School Students’ Reading Comprehension in the English Language. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. 2004, 5, 98-109.

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ZABALA PALACIO, F. O. Strategies to Support High School Students’ Reading Comprehension in the English Language. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, [S. l.], v. 5, n. 1, p. 98–109, 2004. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11217. Acesso em: 24 dec. 2025.

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Zabala Palacio, Freddy Oswaldo. 2004. “Strategies to Support High School Students’ Reading Comprehension in the English Language”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 5 (1):98-109. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11217.

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Zabala Palacio, F. O. (2004) “Strategies to Support High School Students’ Reading Comprehension in the English Language”, Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 5(1), pp. 98–109. Available at: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11217 (Accessed: 24 December 2025).

IEEE

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F. O. Zabala Palacio, “Strategies to Support High School Students’ Reading Comprehension in the English Language”, Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev., vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 98–109, Jan. 2004.

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Zabala Palacio, F. O. “Strategies to Support High School Students’ Reading Comprehension in the English Language”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, vol. 5, no. 1, Jan. 2004, pp. 98-109, https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11217.

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Zabala Palacio, Freddy Oswaldo. “Strategies to Support High School Students’ Reading Comprehension in the English Language”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 5, no. 1 (January 1, 2004): 98–109. Accessed December 24, 2025. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11217.

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Zabala Palacio FO. Strategies to Support High School Students’ Reading Comprehension in the English Language. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. [Internet]. 2004 Jan. 1 [cited 2025 Dec. 24];5(1):98-109. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11217

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