Reading Comprehension in Polish and English: Evidence from an Introspective Study - Couverture souple

Kusiak, Monika

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 8323335133 ISBN 13 : 9788323335139

Editeur : Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo, 2014

Synopsis

This book is about reading. Throughout the book, the author explains the complexity of the dual-language involvement of FL/L2 reading by showing how L1 and FL/L2 factors interplay in FL/L2 reading. The main aim of the book is to explore reading in English in the foreign/second language context as a cross-linguistic phenomenon and to present the results of a think-aloud study which investigated reading in Polish as the L1 and English as the FL of Polish learners of English. The project consisted of six stages, each focussing on a different aspect of reading. Thus, the following was explored: reading strategies, problems and solutions, the way the subjects constructed their representations of the texts, the students' individual patterns of developing comprehension and effectiveness in identifying the main ideas. The findings revealed both differences and similarities between the subjects' reading in Polish and their reading in English. The book offers implications for further research and elucidates the usefulness of think-aloud protocols in foreign language instruction.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Monika Kusiak is a senior lecturer in the Institute of English Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. She teaches courses in methodology and psycholinguistics. Her research interests include reading in a foreign language, classroom discourse analysis, and the role of a first language in foreign language learning. She is also interested in factors contributing to the process of becoming a foreign language teacher. She has published numerous articles in scholarly journals and edited two books about various aspects in foreign language education: Towards Better Teacher Training (2005) and Dialogue in Foreign Language Education (2009).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8323335133
• ISBN 13: 9788323335139
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 278
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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