The afrocolombian songs as a didactic strategy to strengthen the reading comprehension in students grades 6°th, 7°th and 8°th in the Educational Institution “Soledad Medina”

Abstract

The objective of the research project is to strengthen reading comprehension in 6th, 7th and 8th grade students through the use of the lyrics of traditional Afro-Colombian songs as a didactic strategy that allows the IET Soledad Medina and so that this contributes to improving educational quality. For this, it was necessary to recognize this need in the community of the educational institution, making observations and generating talks and interviews with students and parents, especially those characterized as Afro-Colombians and who constitute a 5 % of the student population. A study was carried out in which the use of the lyrics of the Afro-Colombian songs investigated and identified by the students participating in the project is involved, with a cross-sectional cut and a qualitative methodological approach that allows studying the phenomenon with greater extension and understanding of the event. in the educational community. The sample is 100 students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. This sample is taken for convenience, and as a technique the interview was used in awareness of accessing cognitive aspects or perception of Afro-Colombian culture and traditions through its songs related to variables such as: reading comprehension, didactic strategies and Afro-Colombian songs. From there starts the application of 5 strategies with which we want to strengthen reading comprehension and strengthen the concept of interculturality: the rebellion and the fisherman, the hour of the washerwomen, the water route and the socialization of strategies.