Workshops to help foreign language learners of English develop effective reading strategies

Abstract

The final objective of this study is to evaluate whether reading sessions for university learners of English as a foreign language help students become critical and effective readers of particular genres used in foreign language classes. In order to learn about the students´ actual reading performance we will implement reading workshops in which we will analyze the students´ reading comprehension strategies, first without any type of intervention and second, we will compare that situation with their results in reading tests after teachers´ interventions. The participants of the study will be third-year university students (Facultad de Lenguas, National University of Córdoba).