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Peer reviewedKnutson, Elizabeth M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1997
Reviews research demonstrating that reading texts with a particular perspective facilitates comprehension and increases reader interest. Suggests approaches to the teaching of texts that provide learners with purpose, including student-generated text collections, communicative tasks with reading components and interest tasks. (31 references)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Objectives, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension
