Abstract

TAGLE OCHOA, Tania et al. Teaching and Learning How to Read in English: Chilean Pre- Service EFL Teachers' Beliefs. Folios [online]. 2020, n.52, pp.187-204.  Epub Dec 28, 2020. ISSN 0123-4870.

The objective of the present article derived from research is to unveil the beliefs about the teaching and learning process of the reading comprehension skill that students of Pedagogy in English possess at a Chilean university. The authors followed a qualitative research methodology through a case study. The participants were 20 future teachers, who were in their second year of education. The authors conducted a semi-structured interview and analyzed the participants' answers using the Atlas. Ti software. The findings suggest that the participants hold beliefs concerning reading skills in English which are based on both bottom-up and top-down ways of processing information. In this respect, the authors state that future teachers need to build up a new look at reading comprehension from a strategic approach. In this context, it is suggested that English teacher training institutions encourage them to carry out metacognitive practices to transform their traditional beliefs.

Keywords : teacher education; beliefs; reading comprehension; language teaching; language learning.

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