Understanding reading as a methodological alternative for the development of speaking and writing skills with the students of first, second and third years of high school curriculum at “Manuel Cabrera Lozano” high school of Loja city, academic period 2009 – 2010

Abstract

In the present research titled: “Understanding Reading as a Methodological Alternative for the Development of Speaking and Writing Skills with the Students of First, Second and Third Years of High School Curriculum at “Manuel Cabrera Lozano” High School of Loja City, academic period 2009 - 2010", the main purpose was to determine if the understanding reading as a didactic alternative contribute to develop the speaking and writing skills with the students of first, second and third years of High School Curriculum at Manuel Cabrera Lozano High School of Loja city, academic period 2009-2010.

In the research process we used the scientific, inductive – deductive, descriptive, analytic-synthetic and explicative methods, to the field work of the research we applied the survey technique to the teachers and students. The procedures allowed developing the field research as the tabulation of data analysis and interpretation of results, demonstration of the hypothesis, to pose the conclusions and recommendations.

Among the main results of the research we found that the understanding reading is used to the development of speaking and writing skills with the students at “Manuel Cabrera Lozano” High School, and the reading techniques are applied by the teachers help students to improve their English learning.

The analysis of the field information contrasted with the theory information allowed to conclude that the teachers at Manuel Cabrera Lozano of Loja city use the understanding reading as an alternative to develop the speaking and writing skills, and the reading techniques used by the teachers allow to improve the English language learning; for that we arrived to propose recommendations that let to consolidate the teaching learning process.