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A Cross-Linguistic Perspective on Imagery and Affect in Reading: Dual Coding in Chinese and English.

Steffensen, Margaret S.; Goetz, Ernest T.; Cheng, Xiaoguang – Journal of Literacy Research, 1999
Studies Chinese bilingual readers' nonverbal responses (vividness of imagery and emotional response) to a text in English and in Chinese. Finds readers of English text did not understand the passage as well as readers of the Chinese version; however, imagery and affect were formed even in the absence of total understanding, showing they are…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Imagery