Resumen

MAHECHA, Rocío; URREGO, Stella  y  LOZANO, Erika. Improving Eleventh Graders' Reading Comprehension Through Text Coding and Double Entry Organizer Reading Strategies. profile [online]. 2011, vol.13, n.2, pp.181-199. ISSN 1657-0790.

In this article we report on an innovation project developed with a group of eleventh graders at a public school in Bogotá. Its aim was to encourage students to improve reading comprehension of texts in English. It was conducted taking into account students' needs, interests and level of English. To do it, we implemented two reading strategies: text coding and double entry organizer. We observed the students' attitudes during two lesson plans, compared their level of comprehension before and after using the reading strategies and asked them to self-evaluate their performance. At the end, we could see their improvement, how they enjoyed doing the activities and became more confident.

Palabras clave : Double entry organizers; reading comprehension; reading strategies; text coding.

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