Improving literal reading comprehension processes through an english blog

Abstract

Within the last few decades, many of the efforts aimed at improving reading comprehension at school involved books of history, novels and tales which were not only not updated but also old fashioned for the students who are not willing to deal with paper and cover but with the screen and buttons of the hand held devices and laptops that why this research focuses on the use of a blog specially created for the students at Escuela Mercantil in the seventh grade. The intent of this thesis is to explore the incidence of the level of reading comprehension in the sample group taken at school and the use and proficiency when students present the scholar test called prueba saber interna in the subject of English as a foreign language learning. This thesis aims to contribute not only to the proficiency in reading comprehension but also in the grades obtained when presenting the prueba saber interna and the subject of English as a foreign language through the use of a blog with activities and lesson improving the reading comprehension processes in reading English.