Skimming and scanning to facilitate high school students' english reading comprehension
Reading comprehension is a powerful tool which allows the students to develop their cognitive skills through different strategies and which makes an appropriate academic performance possible, taking into account the social context in which it is developed. This case study reports the implementation of skimming and scanning reading strategies in order to facilitate reading comprehension in ninth grade students from a public high school located in El Carmen de Viboral, Antioquia. The participants were 45 students with ages between 14 and 16 years old whose results of their process answered the research question "how does the implementation of reading strategies facilitate ninth grade students' reading comprehension skill in EFL classes at a public school" For the data collection were used document analysis of reading activities implemented in class which were applied in 6 class sessions during one month and a half, including non participant observation, pre service teacher's journal and an online platform as a support for the class activities. During the implementation of the strategies through reading exercises it was reflected a greater understanding about the purpose of each one by the aid of some tips to take into account in the use of exams as well as in Pruebas Saber 9deg. The data collection was analyzed through Nvivo program, which facilitated the organization and analysis of data after researchers divided the information into categories such as motivation, concentration, external factors, unknown vocabulary among others results which showed an enhancing in the reading comprehension bearing in mind those aspects that influenced in the reading process.