Critical reading strategies in the reading comprehension in the students of the Language Career at Technical University of Ambato,Ambato city,Province of Tungurahua

Abstract

The objective of this research is to identify the importance of reading strategies in the development of reading comprehension in the students between 19-25 years old of the Languages career at “Universidad Técnica de Ambato”. The critical reading strategies are vital when performing a reading activity, because reading strategies facilitate the understanding of the texts. In addition, it was possible to identify how critical reading strategies are important to generate critical thinking on students. This thesis has a qualitative approach where the collection of information was through surveys applied to 81 students in the course. The results showed that most teachers in the course apply reading strategies when developing a reading activity, in addition students know that it is important to use reading strategies to achieve reading comprehension. The conclusions show that the use of critical reading strategies influences positively the development of students' reading comprehension