Background:

the development of reading comprehension in English is a necessity in the training of future health professionals, and distance learning is a way through which the development of this skill can be achieved.

Objective:

to design a didactic manual to develop reading comprehension skills in Medicine students through distance learning.

Methods:

a descriptive study was carried out at Holguín University of Medical Sciences in from March 2019 to November 2020. The dialectical-materialist approach was assumed and the methods of the theoretical level were used: analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction, historical-logical and modeling; empirical ones: documentary analysis, class observation, interview and questionnaire; and statistical procedures.

Results:

the main difficulties were related to the treatment of reading comprehension in English classes, as well as the low ability of the students; The interest in its development was verified due to its importance in the integration of the different abilities in the communication process, that´s why a didactic manual was elaborated to solve them through the use of distance learning.

Conclusions:

the investigative work developed allowed to reveal the insufficiencies in the development of reading comprehension in English. The opinions and assessments collected affirm that the manual contributed to developing this ability, evidenced in the increase in the ability to read, understand, communicate and write in a foreign language.

        · resumen en Español     · texto en Español     · Español ( pdf )