Using Technologies to Foster the Reading Habit in L2 (English)

Roberto Martínez Mateo,Maria De Las Mercedes Chicote Beato

doi:10.22363/2713-0614-2021-1-1-72-97

Roberto Martínez Mateo, Maria De Las Mercedes Chicote Beato

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https://doi.org/10.22363/2713-0614-2021-1-1-72-97

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Abstract

In a society which is becoming more and more globalized, it is essential to promote teaching processes that enable the meaningful acquisition of knowledge, emphasizing the learning of English, as the main goal of the teachers. Reading in education is the paradigm of culture and is part of the language learning process. Nevertheless, its practice has declined in recent years. Consequently, through this Project, with the aim of motivating the Reading frequency, we intend to take a deeper look into the role of technologies in order to foster the Reading habit in a foreign language, highlighting the importance of reading for the student cognitive development. For that reason, an innovation proposal for promoting reading based on the use of ICT in the educational field is presented, with a specific focus on the Booktube community, as a tool to increase interest and motivation in reading.

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The motivation for this research work is the interest of reading in the educational field and especially in the foreign language (English), since it is the lingua franca of communication, business and culture
In order to address the issue in depth, reading habits will be analyzed both in the mother tongue and in foreign languages, with the aim of knowing in greater detail the frequencies and tastes in order to try to encourage this practice
The primary objective of this research is to foster the Reading habit in English through a proposal that will attract the attention of students, and cultivate a habit that is decreasing to benefit from technologies and improve their reading frequency range

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The motivation for this research work is the interest of reading in the educational field and especially in the foreign language (English), since it is the lingua franca of communication, business and culture. According to the OECD, it is defined as “the ability of an individual to understand, use and reflect on written texts in order to achieve personal goals, develop knowledge and skills and participate in society” (OECD, 2016). This definition highlights the vital importance of reading within the teaching and learning process, as well as in the acquisition of basic skills stipulated by law in Primary Education and in the integral development of students

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