Genre based approach pedagogy to improve reading comprehension in 8th grade students at Institución Educativa Luis R. Caparroso in Soledad- Atlántico

This study proposes the implementation of Genre-based approach (GBA) to develop reading competence. Specifically, it focused on the teaching of the social and functional purpose of the language. The aim was to expose students to a text-type to foster reading skills, emphasizing on the overall text structure and not only on the grammar features. In that way, this proposal facilitates the target language learning too. The target context of this research was integrated by 40 high school students, in a range of 13 – 16 years old from an official school in Soledad (Atlántico).This study adopted a qualitative research case view, under the structure of an action research where the performer teacher played an active role as teacher-researcher. Data were collected from different sources in three moments of the research (before, during and after). Instruments like a questionnaire, an interview and document analysis based on programs and activities were applied to determine the need analysis. Then, during the implementation class observations, videotaping and field notes plus another document analysis based on lesson plans were also sources to determine the influence of GBA. Besides, to establish how the intervention strengthened the teacher’s methodology to teach reading. And finally, a checklist to evaluate the results and the impact of the proposal was done. The results showed that the implementation of the genre- based approach pedagogy is highly effective to teach students to develop reading competences