Bernal Arellano, Walter Marcelo2021-10-062021-10-062017978-1544083001, e 978-15440830092379-5379http://www.textesoliv.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Reading-as-Tool_WalterBernal_Spring_2017_331-5.pdfAn Ecuadorian ELT focuses on teacher-centered approaches, developing grammar skills by practicing isolated concepts but neglecting students´ interests and needs. These practices result in low student performance. However, using reading as a pedagogical tool significantly improves student understanding, textual analyses, overall language learning, and reading confidence in university-level English courseses-ESTeaching englishReading comprehensionPedagogical toolReading as a pedagogical tool for teaching english as a foreign languageCAPĂTULO DE LIBRO