
I Yanara del Valle Naranjo, II Dayana del Valle Naranjo and III Mayelin Naranjo Cordero
ABSTRACT:
The present work is the result of a long process of investigation. The authoress focuses her attention on the development of the reading comprehension skill on seventh graders at Manuel Ascunce Domenech Junior High School in Manzanillo. The work offers a s ystem of exercises containing a varied typology of tasks directed to the work with reading comprehension, some of them created by the authoress and some others simply adapted to the objectives of the current seventh grade program. The research also offers updated theoretical information in terms of the reading comprehension skill. During the research process, the authoress puts into practice different theoretical, empirical, and statistical methods, which paved the way for the gathering of the information and its processing. Besides, the work presents concrete conclusions the authoress arrives at once she evaluates the results of the application of the diagnostic. In the process, the researcher consulted several updated bibliographical sources related with her interests and scientific needs.
Key word: reading comprehension skill, seventh graders, diagnostic

