Resumen

SERRANO DE MORENO, Stella. Critical literacy: Conceptualization of critical reading competences and strategies. Letras [online]. 2008, vol.50, n.76, pp.172-228. ISSN 0459-1283.

Increasing awareness of the value of critical comprehension in the field of various disciplines and in the social context allows us to examine, from a socio-cultural view, the significance of a critical reading practice in today’s post-modern culture. Therefore, this work aims at: a) approaching theoretical aspects of critical literacy in its basic assumptions; b) defining and characterizing critical reading and conceptual aspects related to the competences that the critical reader should develop, as well as those strategies required for him/her to successfully approach a diversity of written discourses that will allow him/her to grow sensitive to the democratic values of justice and equality. We hope to contribute to a new view of a curriculum where reading and writing become part of the learners’ lives and influence on their formation as citizens.

Palabras clave : critical literacy; critical reading; competences; strategies.