The use of authentic material to develop reading skills in english language learners in the tenth grade at Ángel Modesto Paredes High School

Abstract

This research was based on the study of "Authentic Learning Resources,"focused on the development of reading skills, aimed at students in the tenth grade at “Ángel Modesto Paredes” High School. The objective was to motivate teachers and students to use authentic texts in order to improve reading skills by creating a booklet with activities and lesson plans that could be used in EFL classes. This project used a mix method approach(quantitative &qualitative methods); moreover, the project fits in the categories of nonexperimental, correlational, transversal, descriptive, and of field. After conducting the research, it was concluded that students presented non-linguistic and linguistic issues when referring to reading in English; therefore, authentic learning resources could be used to face those problems since they were not used commonly as didactic materials at this particular institution; thus the booklet was created.