Word formation games and the reading skill

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of word formation games and reading development in fifth level students at the CTT language center of the Uniandes University. The research is quasi-experimental in a study population of twenty-five students, who received word formation games and activities to improve their reading skills. The instruments used for data collection were both qualitative and quantitative: pre and post test, which were given to students who were adapted from the FCE test parts of Cambridge Reading and Use of English. The experiment consisted of a treatment carried out in eight sessions through word formation games focused on the development of reading skills in the research group. As a result, it is recognized that word formation practice and games helped participants to develop skills such as recognizing classes of words, increasing vocabulary, producing words and making the right choice of a word according to its function in a sentence.