Descripción

The objective of the research was to strengthen the inferential and critical reading level of 5th-grade students of the Osvaldo Vergara Fernández School using the saying as a teaching strategy and a Virtual Learning Object as a technological mediation tool. Methodologically, it was located in the social critical paradigm with a qualitative approach and the Action Research method developed in three phases: design, applicability, and evaluation of effectiveness applied to 18 students between 9 and 11 years old. The results indicated that reading comprehension, motivation, and interest in critical reading were strengthened through proverbs, having technologies as a foundation. It concluded that the didactic strategies were successful because they contributed to reading for pleasure, taking into account the needs of the students and the didactic sequence, which served to strengthen the students’ skills and abilities.