THE IMPROVEMENT OF READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH DISTANCE LEARNING
Keywords:
reading comprehension, interactive multimedia class, reading skills, text, technology, digital platformsAbstract
In this article, the issues regarding the online learning and reading comprehension are discussed. Distance learning often allows students to work more individually than they are used to, so we need to change the ways in which we help them read educational texts as their teachers. We know that reading is an act of constructing meaning, so we need to provide them with the required tools to interpret those texts if we give students materials to learn.
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