Universidad de Cuenca

This present investigative work entitled, Techniques to Improve the Reading Skill Based on the Natural Approach Method, is based on the fact that the students of the tenth year of basic education present difficulties in the reading English class; for this reason knowledge of effective reading techniques is indispensable in the classroom; thus, the students can have interesting classes. The main objective of this project is to improve students ’ performance in the reading skill through the application of reading strategies. Therefore, we propose to elaborate didactic material in order to awake the interest, motivation, and incentive of the students to improve their reading, through different techniques developed according to the recommendations of the Natural Approach Method. The application of these mentioned techniques can produce changes in the behavior of the student