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The Role of Reading in a Japanese Language Program: A Response to the MLA Ad Hoc Committee's Report (2007)
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Marcus, Ginger – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2010
Reading is defined as a socio-cultural act negotiated between text and reader, and the act of reading is considered to be a cognitive process that involves knowledge not only of symbols/letters, vocabulary and structure, but also of culture. In other words, in order to understand the intentions of the author and to formulate meaning, the second…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Familiarity, Japanese, Reading Instruction