Factors that affect the development in reading comprehension in efl learners in post- pandemic.

Abstract

English is a language which if managed correctly can give you many benefits on a personal and professional level, comprehensive reading in the English language goes hand in hand with one of the main skills such as reading, the ability to grasp the message of a text is achieved with practice and methods for concentration. This research focused on analyzing the factors affecting this ability since during the COVID-19 pandemic a decline was observed in all branches of education. The adaptation to the new era such as virtual classes for both teachers and students was a challenge which was evidenced throughout this research process, getting to collect fundamental information to give strength to this project and thanks to the experiences of the surveyed teachers it was possible to locate the factors that made reading comprehension in EFL learners decline in an unimaginable way that could even be said to have stagnated during the process of virtual education. Thanks to all this information collected, it was possible to determine those impediments to good reading comprehension, both the environment where the student's education is developed, the technology, and even the customs in their social environment were triggers for teachers to prefer face-to-face classes, since in virtual classes it was impossible to have control of them, making education does not advance in what corresponds to reading comprehension.