On-line fiction stories and reading comprehension

Abstract

The objective of this current research is to study the influence that exists in the students when applying the Online fiction stories in the development of reading comprehension in the first level students of the CTT de los Andes Language Center. The participants were 21 students (8 males and 13 females, ages range 17 to 20). This was a mixed design because both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used, at the same way, is a field study. This consisted of 6 interventions which were applied in 3 weeks. The KET (Key English Test) pre- and post-test were used to assess reading comprehension level. At the end of the interventions, the researcher applied a post-test which was evaluated on 10 points. In the pre-test the students achieved a final average of 2.4 over 10, while in the post-test they achieved an average of 6.7 over 10. All scores were analyzed using the SPSS program. Finally, it was concluded that the use of on-line fiction stories positively supported the improvement of students' reading comprehension level. It helped learners to distinguish the most important ideas of the texts and in this way, helped the students in the acquisition of new vocabulary and grammar rules.