Aplicación de la plataforma digital british council como herramienta facilitadora para la comprensión lectora.

Abstract

In this research work, the British Council digital platform is implemented as a tool to facilitate reading comprehension in the English language, due to it allows students to practice in an innovative way a number of exercises, reinforcing and improving their skill. The participant observation showed that most students have little knowledge of the subject, and present difficulties in reading comprehension, resulting in an unfavorable performance. Therefore, the general objective proposed was: To improve the reading comprehension of students in the 9th year of general basic education through the digital platform “British Council” in the year 2021. The paradigm of this research work is mixed. In order to collect the necessary information, the methods used were; participant observation, teacher interview and a initial diagnostic test and a final summative test were implemented in the students of the 9th year of general basic education “Maria Piedad Castillo de Leví” in order to know their development before and after having applied the digital platform and to know if they managed to improve their reading comprehension. It can be concluded that the application of the British Council digital platform in conjunction with the development of reading comprehension strategies generate a positive change in student’s performance, after analyzing the results of the final test it was determined that students managed to improve their reading comprehension and that the implementation of the digital platform acted favorably,