READING TO UNDERSTAND: THE RELEVANCE OF READING COMPREHENSION IN TODAY'S WORLD.

Abstract

The different technological advances have brought with them large amounts of information that have generated changes in society, contributing to the development of new teaching-learning processes in each of the areas of knowledge responding to the new demands that the modern world requires, including the teaching of reading comprehension as a fundamental skill that is important for the performance of each individual in their academic training process. First, it begins with a literal Reading level in the first school grades followed by the inferential level that ranges from fourth to eighth grades to end at a critical level where the great majority of students have difficulty reaching this level. It is important to mention that the results obtained in the state tests show us that the students who take the Saber 11 tests obtain a performance that does not correspond to the required one, since only 2% of those who take said test reach the critical reading level, being one of the most relevant problems that are experienced in educational institutions and that requires a process of attention on their part. This article shows the importance of reading comprehension in the teaching-learning process in different areas, being a fundamental competence for the performance of any individual in a digitalized world with large amounts of information to be processed and analyzed according to its degree of veracity. For this reason, it is considered an essential transversal skill for meaningful learning in all disciplines and for performance in a digitalized society.