Development of Reading and Writing Skills in Sublevel 2 Initial and Preparatory Education in Schools in Zone 5

Abstract

Communicative competencies play an essential role in the construction of knowledge, strengthen analytical-synthetic, critical-reflective, creative thinking and are indicators of human growth and development, therefore, it is important that teachers develop this competence in educational work, so each professional must prepare for the mastery of the necessary tools, in order to become a competent communicator. At present, in our Latin American, national and local context, there is evidence of poor development of reading and writing skills. This project aims to enhance the development of reading and writing at the Sublevel 2 level of Initial Education and First Grade of Basic Education through a system of strategies at sensory-perceptive, representative and reasoning levels that stimulate motivation towards reading and writing and promote the development of critical-reflective and creative thinking in students. To this end, applied research (action research) was implemented with a qualitative and quantitative approach; verification tests, surveys, interviews, discussion groups were applied that served to survey the level of mastery of the skills of comprehension and written expression in schools in zone 5; The results obtained served to detect the needs and limitations in the development of these macro-skills of children; for which alternatives were proposed for the promotion of reading and writing, methodological strategies for its development, and a training system. With the application of strategies, it has been possible to strengthen reading and writing skills, stimulate cognitive activity at sensory-perceptive, representative and reasoning levels, promote critical-reflective and creative thinking from children and interest in reading, so that they appropriate the necessary tools and thus contribute to the formation of more humane citizens committed to the social progress and development of the country.