Open AccessUsing Technologies to Foster the Reading Habit in L2 (English)
Author(s) -
Roberto Martínez Mateo,
Maria de las Mercedes Chicote Beato
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
human language, rights, and security
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2713-0614
DOI - 10.22363/2713-0614-2021-1-1-72-97
Subject(s) - reading (process) , habit , information and communications technology , foreign language , language acquisition , process (computing) , psychology , pedagogy , computer science , mathematics education , linguistics , world wide web , social psychology , philosophy , operating system
In a society which is becoming more and more globalized, it is essential to promote teaching processes that enable the meaningful acquisition of knowledge, emphasizing the learning of English, as the main goal of the teachers. Reading in education is the paradigm of culture and is part of the language learning process. Nevertheless, its practice has declined in recent years. Consequently, through this Project, with the aim of motivating the Reading frequency, we intend to take a deeper look into the role of technologies in order to foster the Reading habit in a foreign language, highlighting the importance of reading for the student cognitive development. For that reason, an innovation proposal for promoting reading based on the use of ICT in the educational field is presented, with a specific focus on the Booktube community, as a tool to increase interest and motivation in reading.