Vocabulary Acquisition and its Incidence

This work was developed after living difficulties with students of eighth course who don t understand texts in English. Students get demotivated to continue reading and developing exercises which were extremely hard for them because they couldn t understand what they were reading, consequently some students get frustrated and gave up practicing reading. This investigation describes the different types of techniques frequently used to develop reading comprehension. A survey was applied where students express their emotions while they read in English and they do not understand very well the content of the text, at the same time we had the collaboration of the authorities and teachers of the school. The work also includes conclusions and recommendations for the teachers and for the students and finally a guide with exercises to develop comprehension in the reading. It is remarkable to consider that the benefits would be for all the school community, which means authorities who will see the progress in the students, the teachers who will feel motivated to work reading exercises and for the students who will enjoy when they realize how much vocabulary they understand in a context.