Promotion of Critical Reading through the Use of Political Cartoons

Autor/in	Mora-Menjura, Willian Alexander
Titel	Promotion of Critical Reading through the Use of Political Cartoons
Quelle	In: HOW, 28 (2021) 2, S.121-140 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mora-Menjura, Willian Alexander)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Cartoons; Critical Reading; Private Colleges; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; College Students; Social Problems; Political Issues; Student Attitudes; Second Language Instruction; Political Attitudes; Colombia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zeichentrickfilm; Kritisches Lesen; Privathochschule; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Collegestudent; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Politischer Faktor; Schülerverhalten; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Kolumbien
Abstract	Critical exploration of socio-political issues has been a topic strongly carried out in English classrooms in the last decades. This article is the result of a research study that shows what the use of political cartoons reveals about the promotion of critical reading in an EFL classroom at a private university in Colombia. The study was developed with fourteen students under a qualitative case study method. Workshops, teacher journals and focus-group interviews were used to collect data. The emerging categories show the positive results of using political cartoons and the change that the students had in their thoughts and actions in both the academic and social context. In the results, the students portray how they have perceived the ELT classroom, the importance of being a critical reader of texts and contexts, and how the different activities helped them construct their own critical awareness concerning social and political issues. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	ASOCOPI, the Colombian Association of Teachers of English. Cra 27 A #53-06, oficina 405, Bogota, Colombia. +57-2115018; Fax: +57-2115018. e-mail: asocopicolombia@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01