Readers, Texts, and Second Languages: The Interactive Processes.

Swaffar, Janet K.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Readers, Texts, and Second Languages: The Interactive Processes.

Swaffar, Janet K.

Modern Language Journal, v72 n2 p123-49 Sum 1988

Considers current research on reading in a second language from five points of view: (1) the reader's role in light of new models of language and textual meaning; (2) revised definitions of textual meaning and reader processing; (3) reader processing of schemata; (4) relationship between second-language competency and reader strategies; and (5) classroom applications. (LMO)

Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Eye Fixations, Language Proficiency, Literature Reviews, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Reading Research, Reading Strategies, Schemata (Cognition), Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development

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Language: English

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