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Publication Date: 2018
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Implementing Critical Literacy in A1 Undergraduate Students
Giraldo Mahecha, Fredy Alexander
GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, n16 p100-116 Jan-Jun 2018
The aim of this article is to analyze the current teaching practices utilized with undergraduate students at a private university in Ibagué-Tolima, who are required to complete Reading Comprehension coursework to obtain their professional degree. Two different methods for Critical Literacy proposed by Clarke and Whitney, and McLaughlin and DeVoogd, are used as examples for piloting and implementation stages respectively. Two different groups belonging to the same level were chosen to perform the activities during the second academic year of 2017. The collected data was analyzed using Grounded Theory procedures. Results showed that critical literacy is not a task that has been well developed at the Language Center. Therefore, the author suggests that teacher education in the area of Critical Literacy should be implemented in pedagogical training.
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods, Private Colleges, Grounded Theory, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Student Attitudes, Outcomes of Education, Focus Groups
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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