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The Use of a Storyboard Platform to Enhance Reading Comprehension: A Pedagogical Experience with EFL Pre-Service Teachers
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Flora Isabel Mandiola-Villalobos; Maria Angelica Inostroza-Macaya; Danisa Thamara Salinas-Carvajal – HOW, 2024
This study was based on an innovation project at the university level with English as a Foreign Language pre-service teachers. This experience was implemented with several language levels in different academic periods of the programme. The project aimed to apply a technological tool such as StoryboardThat, in contrast to the traditional…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Improving Reading Comprehension in Spanish Using iSTART-E: A Pilot Study
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McCarthy, Kathryn S.; Soto, Christian Marcelo; Gutierrez de Blume, Antonio P.; Palma, Diego; González, Jordan Ignacio; McNamara, Danielle S. – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
iSTART-E is a web-based intelligent tutor developed for Spanish-speaking students to improve their reading comprehension through self-explanation strategy training. This study examined the effects of a blended comprehension strategy intervention on students' reading comprehension skill. Chilean high school students (N = 22) completed nine iSTART-E…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, High School Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods