Abstract

MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ, María de los Ángeles et al. KidsHealth site, the comprehension of texts and the vocational formation oriented to the medical sciences. Educ Med Super [online]. 2014, vol.28, n.2, pp.363-370. ISSN 0864-2141.

The information and communication technologies offer unlimited possibilities as a resource of learning and knowledge socialization, and education is not exempted from this reality. The informational revolution demands new challenges; one of them is the teaching of English reading. Website known as KidsHealth has potentialities to develop the understanding of English texts and to consolidate the vocational formation of students for the medical sciences. The universitarian medical sites are closely related to the consolidation of the vocational process through the process of university extension program. The objective of the present paper was to disseminate and to promote the advantages and the potentialities of this Website for the comprehension of English texts and the vocational formation in medical sciences.

Keywords : websites; English text comprehension; motivation; vocational formation; medical sciences.

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