ERC-Language: a student-centered learning platform for improving non-native' English Reading Comprehension skills

The main objective of this research is to propose a student-centered learning platform called ERC (English Reading Comprehension)-Language, for the developing of textual and topic-based knowledge. The proposed platform facilitates literal reading comprehension processes, the construction of linguistic and thematic knowledge, and improves students' reading performance. With the purpose to know the students' perceptions about the implementation of the ERC-Language platform, a perception study was performed. In this study 18 students of the Electronic Engineering bachelor program, from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB Monteria Sectional) participated. The main results let us corroborate the necessity to develop a student-centered learning platform to improve non-native' ERC skills.