When teaching an integrated-skills English class, teachers normally know what to do to increase students' motivation to speak in the classroom; for example, they can achieve this through the use of creative and amusing conversational activities. However, when it comes to increasing students' motivation to read in class, instructors normally consider this a more challenging task. This mixed-methods research examines the role of reading strategies as a tool to increase students' motivation to read in class in a business English course at the University of Costa Rica (UCR). To collect the data, the researcher made use of a pre-test, a post-test, two questionnaires, and an observation form. The results of the research show that 67% of the students claimed to feel more motivated to read in class after the teaching of reading strategies, as well as an increase of 58% in the approval rate in students' performance. From the data obtained, the researcher concludes that explicit strategy training helps students become more actively engaged when doing in-class reading activities and boosts students' confidence when tackling written texts.
Este artículo tiene como objetivo recopilar evidencia para construir un argumento de validez de contenido acerca de la prueba de dominio lingüístico de la Universidad de Costa Rica para estudiantes de secundaria, a través de un análisis de los fundamentos teóricos que sustentan la construcción y administración de una prueba de idioma hecha a medida para un contexto localizado. El documento incluye una descripción de la prueba y las aportaciones de las principales partes interesadas. Al mismo tiempo, este artículo proporciona sugerencias y recomendaciones para futuras experiencias en pruebas de este tipo, mientras que allana el camino para futuros investigadores que pretendan continuar con estos esfuerzos académicos.
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