Education in the Knowledge Society (Nov 2012)

Latin American culture and reading: text commentary and analysis of teaching as a resource

  • Carlos Mondaca,
  • Lirna Quintana Talvac

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 3
pp. 49 – 66

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This present article develops an active learning pedagogical approach to enhance the process of reading comprehension in the XXI century classroom, through the incorporation of the Latin American culture in the use of educational resource of text analysis, which allows learners to generate a sense of belonging and cultural identity from elements such as literature, history, poetry, music, art, among others elements that make up the latinoamerican realm. This sense of cultural belonging involves learners in topics that are familiar to their contexts, recreating appreciation for reading.

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