CAR 6 - Building ESP Content-Based Materials to Promote Strategic Reading

Article Summary for April 3, 2017 

Citation 

Baron, Myriam Judith Bautista. (2013). Building ESP Content-Based Materials to Promote Strategic Reading. In the PROFILE  (Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 139-169). Universidad Nacional de Colombia.  

Summary

This research is about an action research which aims to improve learners’ reading comprehension and vocabulary mastery of undergraduate students of ESP-explosive majors at a police training institute in Colombia. This research used qualitative method that the data was collected from the field notes, artifacts, progress review, surveys, and photographs. The researcher designed six reading comprehension workshops based on the cognitive language learning approach [CALLA] to improve the reading skills and to teach their autonomy in using the learning strategy. 

Application 

This research helps me to be braver in doing a research qualitatively and gives me more understanding about the CALLA.