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Penetrating the Surface: The Impact of Visual Format on Readers' Affective Responses to Authentic Foreign Language Texts
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Maun, Ian – Language Awareness, 2006
This paper examines visual and affective factors involved in the reading of foreign language texts. It draws on the results of a pilot study among students of post-compulsory school stage studying French in England. Through a detailed analysis of students' reactions to texts, it demonstrates that the use of "authentic" documents under…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reader Response, Foreign Language Books, Reading