System of activities on the Moodle platform to develop reading comprehension of the English language

Abstract

At the University of Moa "Dr. Antonio Núñez Jiménez", the performance of Geology Engineering students regarding reading comprehension in English language at the basic level A2, nowadays, does not go with its recently renewed teaching learning process over the basis of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Therefore, there is a need for a scientific solution to this problem so that the development of this ability is favored, as it is vital for the achievement of the lowest communicative competence level required: A2. Hence, this paper aims to present an interactive activities system to foster A2-level-English-language-reading-comprehension development in Geology Engineering students. This was achieved by the use of theoretical methods (historical-logical, analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction, document analysis), as well empirical methods (surveys, interviews, observation) and mathematic and statistic methods. The proposal favors English language teaching learning process and its didactics as it is pertinent and offers a direct treatment to the identified reading comprehension development most hindering aspects. Moreover, it evidences potential thriving transformations in the education of language-skilled professionals as it is underpinned by a logic sequence base on preset-by-previously-validated-studies stages, reliable didactic procedures, English language teaching learning process characteristics and the Geological Engineering Major´s professional model.