The Teaching and learning of reading and writing during the Covid-19 pandemic: A systematic review of literature (2020-2023)

Abstract

To identify the academic discussions generated about teaching and the learning of reading and writing during the Covid-19 pandemic in Latin America, a systematic review of articles published in Scopus between 2020 and 2023 was conducted. In this sense, the objective here is to establish which are the main academic debates on reading and writing since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic up to the present time. The researches had a high publication rate during 2022 and, mainly, apply qualitative methodology. In the same way, reading and writing are basic communication skills that have been studied since the middle of the last century given their importance in academic teaching and learning. However, analyzing them in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic is a very recent trend. The methodology used is a systematic review of the literature: selection of materials through a search equation and eligibility criteria and analysis of results.

Among the results to be highlighted is that in the year 2022, publications in the area of reading and writing had a percent of 65.5% in Scopus, that is, 21 articles; while in 2023 it closed with 2 articles. This calls attention, on the need to motivate researchers of basic communication skills to channel the efforts of analysis, on the problematic of teaching and learning of reading and writing that has been established in the years following the Covid-19 pandemic. Similarly, the results show interest in the topic addressed in Latin America, particularly in Mexico, Colombia and Argentina. Even so, there is a projection to advance its study in other geographical areas, such as Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Guatemala. In addition, the importance of analyzing reading and writing, their teaching and learning during the experience of the health emergency is evident. Its value lies in the challenges created for reading and writing in educational contexts under face-to-face or virtual modalities.