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READING AND COMMUNICATION: USING AUTHENTIC MATERIALS
Author(s) -
GILLETT A. J.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
world englishes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.6
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-971X
pISSN - 0883-2919
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-971x.1982.tb00501.x
Subject(s) - reading (process) , meaning (existential) , context (archaeology) , linguistics , computer science , extensive reading , reproduction , psychology , history , philosophy , ecology , archaeology , biology , psychotherapist
Writers of textbooks published since the beginning of 1978 are invited to submit 1000 word articles discussing the principles underlying their work and accompanied by two pages from the book in question. The articles should be problem‐based, not advertisements, and the extracts should be in a form suitable for reproduction without redrawing. Writers will be responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions. In the October 1981 issue of World Language English (Author's Platform), Ian Dunlop suggests that ‘guessing the meaning of words form the context’ (p. 50) is not the answer to students' reading problems. He then proceeds to give examples of how to teach reading in the classroom. I would like to suggest that guessing the meanings of words from the context is an essential part of learning a language and in particular is a necessary part of learning to read. I also think that the types of reading activity proposed by Dunlop on page 52 support my suggestion.