A look at reading from a linguo-didactic approach. Procedure for its comprehension

Abstract

The process of reading comprehension is based on the interpretation of printed codes for the transmission of a message and, therefore, a psychosocial process, which takes the Foreign Language teacher as its fundamental core. Therefore, reading favors the sociocultural development of the teacher, as it is indispensable in his or her professional development. In addition, this skill plays an essential role in Foreign Languages, as it constitutes an important tool in the communication process, and at the same time, it becomes a means of cognition. The development of reading skills is today a challenge in language classrooms, so it is necessary to determine theoretical and methodological elements that contribute to the linguistic training of the English language teacher. In the didactic treatment of reading skills in English, there are still difficulties that have generated deficiencies in students' comprehension of written texts. Therefore, the objective of the article is to offer arguments for the treatment of the reading comprehension skill from a linguo-didactic approach. The fundamental research methods used for its development are analytical-synthetic, inductive-deductive and observation. The result is the substantiation and description of the reading comprehension skill and the procedures to contribute efficiently to the comprehension of the linguistic material under study.