A Virtual Learning Object (VLO) to Promote Reading Strategies in an English for Specific Purposes Environment

Autor/in	Hernández Urrego, Sandra Cecilia
Titel	A Virtual Learning Object (VLO) to Promote Reading Strategies in an English for Specific Purposes Environment
Quelle	In: HOW, 26 (2019) 2, S.106-122 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hernández Urrego, Sandra Cecilia)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0120-5927
Schlagwörter	Reading Strategies; English for Special Purposes; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Majors (Students); Journalism Education; Private Colleges; Computer Simulation; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Foreign Countries; Student Attitudes; Academic Achievement; Standards; College Students; Teaching Methods; Learning Experience; Interpersonal Communication; Colombia (Bogota) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reading strategy; Leselernstufe; Lesetechnik; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Privathochschule; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Schulleistung; Standard; Collegestudent; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lernerfahrung; Interpersonale Kommunikation
Abstract	This study describes the influence of a Virtual Learning Object [VLO] 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. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	ASOCOPI, the Colombian Association of Teachers of English. Cra 27 A #53-06, oficina 405, Bogota, Colombia. +57-2115018; Fax: +57-2115018. e-mail: asocopicolombia@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01