Act Up For Equality! Improvement of Reading Comprehension in a Second Language Through a Gender Perspective

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Helena Moros Gracia
María Alcantud-Díaz

Abstract

This article shows a didactic proposal to improve both reading strategies and fluency in students of English as a first Foreign Language (EFL). The intervention is implemented
with 4th ESO and 1st Bachillerato students and is based on an adaptation of the drama pedagogy technique known as Reader’s Theatre (RT). The materials used for Act Up for
Equality! were specifically created (and compiled) for this project and they are real samples of literature, social networks and other authentic sources related to the #MeToo movement
and the poetic anthology Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur, which revolve around the subjects of sexual harassment and gender inequality in an attempt to work on the cross-curricular
subject of Gender Equality, as specified in the current educational law LOMCE 8/2013.

Article Details

Section

Lingüística

How to Cite

Act Up For Equality! Improvement of Reading Comprehension in a Second Language Through a Gender Perspective. (2021). VERBEIA. Revista De Estudios Filológicos. Journal of English and Spanish Studies, 7(6), 36-56. https://doi.org/10.57087/Verbeia.2021.4342

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