A Virtual Learning Object (VLO) to Promote Reading Strategies in an English for Specific Purposes Environment
Fiche du document
1 décembre 2019
- handle: 10670/1.57zxgi
Ce document est lié à :
10.19183/how.26.2.517
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Mots-clés
English for Specific Purposes (ESP) reading strategies reading comprehension Virtual Learning Object (VLO) virtual tool designSujets proches
Reading--Study and teaching Learning process Scholarship LearningCiter ce document
Sandra Cecilia Hernández Urrego, « A Virtual Learning Object (VLO) to Promote Reading Strategies in an English for Specific Purposes Environment », How, ID : 10670/1.57zxgi
Métriques
Partage / Export
Résumé
This study describes the influence of a Virtual Learning Object in the promotion of reading strategies in a class of English for Specific Purposes for the majors of Social Communication and Journalism at a private institution of higher education in Bogota, Colombia. Students' failure to meet the school standards led to the design and implementation of a virtual tool to support academic achievement. Data came from a sample of 15 students' reading cycle reports, self-assessment of progress, questionnaires, and interviews. Results suggest that the developed VLO did promote the participants' appropriation of reading strategies proposed in the design of the course. The process with the VLO not only prompted higher reading comprehension, but also facilitated and enriched learning experiences.