Increasing Motivation to Read in English Class Through Choice-Giving Strategies

ABSTRACT: This action research study was designed to analyze how choice-giving strategies would affect motivation to read, in an English class, to a group of 8th graders at the private catholic high school Instituto Salesiano Pedro Justo Berrio, in Medellin. There were 10 teenage participants, with...

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Autores:
Vidal Arboleda, Manuela
Tipo de recurso:
Trabajo de grado de pregrado
Fecha de publicación:
2021
Institución:
Universidad de Antioquia
Repositorio:
Repositorio UdeA
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/26624
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10495/26624
Palabra clave:
Action research
Learning strategies
Motivation in education
Secondary schools
Teaching methods
Método de enseñanza
Foreign language reading
Teaching strategies
Escuelas secundarias – Medellín
Estrategia de aprendizaje
Estrategia de enseñanza
Investigacion accion – Medellin
Lectura en una lengua extranjera
Motivación en Educación
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85000722
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95000636
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85087566
http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept8694
http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept83
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/co/
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Summary:ABSTRACT: This action research study was designed to analyze how choice-giving strategies would affect motivation to read, in an English class, to a group of 8th graders at the private catholic high school Instituto Salesiano Pedro Justo Berrio, in Medellin. There were 10 teenage participants, with a medium high level of English. The strategies were related to content, process and product, developed during the course of two cycles. The data was collected with a survey on motivation to read applied two times, two focus groups, personal observations and an interview with the Cooperating Teacher. The results gathered from this research showed how choice- giving strategies can increase motivation to read as it is targeted to students' preferences.