Improvement of secondary level students’ reading comprehension through syntactic training : methods, results and prospects
The study is based on the structural reading model, in which syntactic structure guides the integration of semantic units into a sentence during the reading process. Our objective is to study the impact of a training session designed to reinforce syntactic skills on reading results. We present the didactic methodology of the experimental plan through three exercises for developing syntactic skills during reading activities with secondary school students. The results do not reveal any impact of the training on reading speed. However, we observe an increase in comprehension among the students participating in the training.