Implementation of legends of the Zenú indigenous people as a pedagogical strategy to improve reading comprehension in fifth grade students in a region of Córdoba (Colombia)

Abstract

This paper presents the implementation of a research project that aims to strengthen the levels of reading comprehension in fifth grade students in an educational institution in a village in Cordoba. The modality of propositional research is adopted with which it is proposed as a solution to pedagogize the legends of the Zenú indigenous people. In the diagnostic-articulating phase, the difficulty in the elements of inference and critical comprehension stood out; after which workshops were developed with work on oral histories, literal, interpretative and evaluative analysis. The results show significant advances in the ability to extract implicit information, motivation for reading action and recognition of the Zenú culture. In addition, the process enhanced the participation of the educational community, typical of the cycle of reflection in Research-Action. It is concluded that working with oral tradition not only favors communicative skills, but also builds cultural identity of the territory.