Analysis of the reading comprehension level in students of the Business Administration program at CUN

Abstract

This research is quantitative with a descriptive approach, in which the level of reading comprehension of students in the first semesters of the CUN Administration program was analyzed, a sample of 308 students and 9 teachers was taken, for a total of 317 participants, probabilistic sampling was implemented through the application of three surveys, two (2) applied to students and one (1) to teachers. The results obtained allowed us to identify that the students in the sample did not develop reading skills in their levels of basic primary and secondary education, presenting deficiencies in word decoding, mastery of comprehension strategies, scarce control and direction of the reading process. Additionally, it allowed to know the level of understanding, habits and techniques, highlighting that the most used by students to strengthen reading comprehension are underlining, summaries and concept maps. Also was possible to know the perception that teachers have about the level of reading comprehension of their students and the way to evaluate it in class, which allowed us to discover that the respondents would like the implementation of Olympics, theoretical practical face-to-face courses, virtual reading clubs and workshops to improve their reading comprehension levels.