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<journal-id>2550-6722</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Chakiñan de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Chakiñan]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2550-6722</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2550-67222020000300106</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.37135/chk.002.12.07</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF EFL READING COMPREHENSION]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[ORGANIZADORES GRÁFICOS PARA EL FORTALECIMIENTO DE LA COMPRENSION LECTORA EN INGLÉS COMO LENGUA EXTRANJERA]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Chérrez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elsa]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hidalgo-Camacho]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Cynthia Soledad]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carrera-Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Verónica]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Técnica de Ambato Centro de Idiomas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ambato ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Técnica de Ambato Centro de Idiomas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ambato ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,UE Joaquín Lalama  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ambato ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>12</numero>
<fpage>106</fpage>
<lpage>117</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.senescyt.gob.ec/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2550-67222020000300106&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.senescyt.gob.ec/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2550-67222020000300106&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.senescyt.gob.ec/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2550-67222020000300106&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT It is widely known that effective readers are those who have appropriately developed reading skills. If those skills are not developed, the readers will not achieve the levels of perception needed to solve problems or pass academic tests, neither in their mother tongue nor in a foreign language. For this reason, it is imperative to find the right strategies to enhance reading comprehension in English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners. One of those strategies is the use of graphic organizers, and this study aimed to measure the extent to which it influences the development of reading comprehension of Unidad Educativa Joaquin Lalama students, in Ambato-Ecuador. 40 students in the control group and 35 students in the experimental group constituted the sample. The data was collected through the observation technique and the comparison of results from a reading comprehension pre-test and post-test. Finally, this study found the use of graphic organizers to be effective for developing reading comprehension in the subjects observed.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Es ampliamente conocido que los lectores efectivos son aquellos que han desarrollado apropiadamente las destrezas necesarias para leer. Si esas destrezas no son desarrolladas, los lectores no alcanzarán los niveles de interpretación necesarios del texto para resolver problemas o para simplemente pasar pruebas académicas, ya sea en su lengua materna o en una lengua extranjera. Por esta razón, es imperativo encontrar estrategias correctas para fortalecer la comprensión lectora en estudiantes de Inglés como lengua extranjera. Una de esas estrategias es el uso de organizadores gráficos, por lo que el presente estudio se enfocó en medir hasta qué punto ello influye en el desarrollo de la comprensión lectora en los estudiantes de la Unidad Educativa Joaquín Lalama, en Ambato, Ecuador. La muestra estuvo formada por 40 estudiantes en el grupo de control y 35 estudiantes en el grupo experimental. La información fue recogida a través de la técnica de observación y la comparación de resultados de una pre-prueba y una post-prueba de comprensión lectora. Finalmente, se pudo descubrir que el uso de organizadores gráficos para el desarrollo de la comprensión lectora en los sujetos observados fue efectivo.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Reading comprehension]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[english as foreign language]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[graphic organizers]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[reading skills]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Comprensión lectora]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[inglés como lengua extranjera]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[organizadores gráficos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[destrezas de lectura]]></kwd>
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