Improving reading skills in the subject of English through the digital tool Be (the)1: Challenge in tenth grade students of the Fe y Alegría Las Américas Educational Institution in the city of Cartagena de Indias ; Mejorar las habilidades de lectura en la asignatura de inglés a través de la herramienta digital Be (the)1: Challenge en estudiantes de grado 10 de la Institución Educativa Fe y Alegría Las Américas en la ciudad de Cartagena de Indias

This research project is aimed to improved reading skills in English through the digital platform Be (the) 1: Challenge in 10th graders at Institución Educativa Fe y Alegría Las Américas in Cartagena de Indias city, which was developed under a qualitative focus along with the Pedagogical Action Research. Four stages were implemented and they are 1) the diagnostic in which the data collection was done through a survey with a test ( Pre Test) designed with Google forms gadgets with the purpose to identify the appropriate level of vocabulary and reading comprehension skills students should have; 2) the design and deployment, these phases were carried out following the results gained from the diagnostic phase, which let us plan a lesson sequence with a variety of interactive activities and, from the implementation of several activities in the digital platform Be (the) 1: Challenge supported by the Nearpod digital resource, during this moment, the observation was taken into account as a way to register the experience students had in a Classroom Journal used as instrument; 3) and finally, the evaluation phase, in which the output test (Post Test) was taken by the students in order to assess students´ improvement at Inferential Reading Level. It concludes that the use of the digital platform Be (the) 1: Challenge as a strategy to teach English improves significantly, not only at the reading process, but also in other aspects such as motivation, autonomy, attitude and learning performance. ; Este trabajo de investigación va orientado a mejorar las habilidades de lectura en la asignatura de inglés a través de la herramienta digital Be (the)1: Challenge en estudiantes de grado 10 de la Institución Educativa Fe y Alegría Las Américas en la ciudad de Cartagena de Indias el cual se desarrolló bajo un enfoque cualitativo con la Investigación Acción Pedagógica. Las fases implementadas en este estudio incluyen, 1) el diagnóstico cuyo proceso de recolección de datos fue mediante la aplicación de una encuesta con una prueba (Pre ...