Abstract
This article presents a reflection on the educational scenario that permeates the teaching of English as a foreign language (EFL) in its political, methodological, didactic, curricular and investigative dimensions. A description of the current English reading comprehension level in the national context is presented. On the other hand, from a transformative conception in which educational practices must be developed, different elements aiming to the development of formative practices are explored. This is achieved, with the active participation of all the subjects that participate in the educational process by conducting research, which plays a fundamental role that contributes to achieve the emancipation of human beings and the transformation of the environment where they live.
 
 Furthermore, this article invites readers to think about and transform the pedagogical practices that are around the teaching of English as a foreign language in Colombia, Latin America and the whole world. This is possible to be achieved, from a resignification of the curriculum and emerging didactics, focused on research and the multidimensionality of human beings.
Highlights
The advent of the 21st century has brought different changes mainly characterized by advances in science and technology combined with a renewed vision of the human being, which has deeply impacted and reshaped everyday life
We have reflected on the current panorama of reading comprehension in English in our country, analyzing the perspective teachers, students and of the education system in general
This analysis has focused on the challenges that are inherent to them in order to suggest possible methodologies, strategies and curricular reforms that can be addressed in search of progress and improvement of reading comprehension in English from our classrooms and achieve significant effects on reading towards a critical level of comprehension
Summary
The advent of the 21st century has brought different changes mainly characterized by advances in science and technology combined with a renewed vision of the human being, which has deeply impacted and reshaped everyday life. It is not the most widely spoken language around the world, it is considered a lingua franca or vehicular language For this reason, the amount of information written in English that we need to address in the different areas of our life is increasing. The amount of information written in English that we need to address in the different areas of our life is increasing This reality has revealed the low levels of reading comprehension in this language, a problem that is shared, by educational systems at a global level, and by different social environments such as the occupational field in many countries. An approach is made to the challenges of reading comprehension in English as a foreign language in order to propose methodological suggestions that facilitate the improvement of the reading comprehension processes in this language
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