A Teaching Proposal for English as a Foreign Language Classrooms: Adapting a Short Story from a Silent Short Movie to Promote the Visual-Imagery Strategy as a Reading Comprehension Technique

Adapting a Short Story from a Silent Short Movie to Promote the Visual-Imagery Strategy as a Reading Comprehension Technique

Abstract

This article introduces a didactic proposal for contexts of teaching English as a foreign language, whose objective is to expose students to using visualization strategies during the reading process. This proposal utilizes two of the most preferred narrative resources for teachers and students: short stories and silent short movies. Their integration in the development of the proposed activities arises from the application of the dual coding Theory, where verbal and non-verbal language systems complement each other, enhancing reading comprehension, memory, and language acquisition. due to the characteristics of the resources and the strategy used, the theore - tical framework's bases apply to any context of teaching a foreign language, not only to teaching English