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Foreign language reading research: recent trends and future propects
Author(s) -
Ulijn Jan
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of research in reading
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.077
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1467-9817
pISSN - 0141-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9817.1980.tb00099.x
Subject(s) - applied linguistics , foreign language , reading (process) , linguistics , curriculum , media linguistics , french , psychology , library science , sociology , pedagogy , contrastive linguistics , computer science , philosophy
Neither grammar-translation methods in Foreign Language learning nor the subsequent emphasis on spoken language paid sufficient attention to the im ortance of fluent reading with comprehension in a foreign lanquage. however, the introduction of new means of testing, notably by muttiple choice questions, stimulated renewed interest in the importance of foreign language reading. This resulted in refined analysis of FL reading needs and the construction of reading exercises rather than design of models or theories to account for the reading process. However, first language (Li) reading models and theories were losing their mechanical character and beginning to encompass the linguistic factors in a psycholinguistic a proach (Clark, Gibson, Goodman, Kempen, Levelt). Second and theory building and testing has started in this field also. This article reviews research done in the 70’s on the graphic, morphological, syntactic, textual and semantic levels in reading. Comparisons are made with Li research and some speculation is offered on future developments which may result in more efficient teaching programmes and test devices in foreign language reading. language ( 1: 2) reading research also profited from this progress and model