Becoming an efficient reader: a proposal for a school curriculum

Reading should be the cornerstone of a school’s curriculum in order to build up the other skills. Despite the fact that reading tends to be an obligation and a hard task, it should be seen as a fun activity which will extend the student’s knowledge of the world. Reading efficiently in volves not onl...

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Autores:: Gaona G, Esperanza
Suárez, Laura Isabel
González, Hilma Cristina

Tipo de recurso:: Article of journal

Fecha de publicación:: 2001

Institución:: Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Repositorio:: Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Idioma:: spa

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Summary:	Reading should be the cornerstone of a school’s curriculum in order to build up the other skills. Despite the fact that reading tends to be an obligation and a hard task, it should be seen as a fun activity which will extend the student’s knowledge of the world. Reading efficiently in volves not only understanding, speed and fluency, but also the application of the student’s knowledge, thus promoting critical thinking. That is to say, the “ability to reach sound conclusions based on observation and information”. Due to the importance of acquiring reading skills in a foreign language, we see the necessity to stimulate students toward becoming efficient readers. That means avoiding word by word reading (Williams: 1984), and developing students’ abilities to understand and comprehend a text and to read fluently

Becoming an efficient reader: a proposal for a school curriculum

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