Ecuadorian legends and folktales: a journey from storytelling to reading in the efl classroom

The present paper provides insights into teaching reading to youngsters in the EFL Classroom. The analyses of a lack of reading habits along with the study of the unawareness of Cultural Identity are bond in this research. Both issues have been linked in light of teaching English as a Foreign Langua...

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Main Author: Martínez Sojos, Mónica Alexandra
Format: Thesis Book
Language:Spanish
English
Subjects:
Online Access:http://nas.ucuenca.edu.ec/BibliotecaDigital/ebooks/tm4529.pdf

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