Reading short stories in a foreign language
Is it as pleasurable as in the L1? Absorption and appreciation of short stories in Dutch secondary school students learning German as a foreign language
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11989421 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefanie Ramachers (0000-0003-0373-6358, Radboud University Nijmegen, corresponding author), Roel M Willems (0000-0002-4963-5387) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 120 |
| Pages | 103211-103211 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | System (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0346-251X • E-ISSN: 1879-3282 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.system.2023.103211 |
| OpenAlex | W4389943952 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 47 |
Against the background of a decreasing interest in reading among Dutch adolescents, we investigated whether reading short stories in a foreign language other than English (i.e., German) in an educational context, as opposed to reading in the first language leads to less absorbing reading experiences and, related to that, lower appreciation of stories. We collected absorption and appreciation data from 277 learners of German in Grade 10 of Dutch secondary education. Half of them read an originally German short story, whereas the other half read its Dutch translation. Our results indicate that adolescents learning a foreign language in secondary school become less absorbed in foreign language literary texts and that this is related to their lower appreciation of these texts, compared to their first language translations
Context (archaeology · Foreign language · German · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Reading (process · Digital Storytelling and Education · History · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Philosophy · Psychology
Experiencing Narrative Worlds
Measuring Narrative Engagement
Effects of Literature on Empathy and Self-Reflection
Transportation into a story increases empathy, prosocial behavior, and perceptual bias toward fearful expressions
The Changing Face of Language Learning
How Does Fiction Reading Influence Empathy? An Experimental Investigation on the Role of Emotional Transportation
Emotionality differences between a native and foreign language
Scaffolding in Teacher–Student Interaction
Affective processing in bilingual speakers
Physiological reactivity to emotional phrases in Mandarin—English bilinguals
Reduced language processing automaticity induces weaker emotions in bilinguals regardless of learning context
The role of perceptions of task difficulty in relation to self-perceptions of ability, intrinsic value, attainment value, and performance
Understanding Media Enjoyment
Effects of extensive reading and translation activities on grammar knowledge and attitudes for EFL adolescents
Teaching and Researching Reading
A classroom observation tool for scaffolding reading comprehension
Empathic reactions after reading
The role of literature in instructed foreign language learning and teaching
Transportation Into Narrative Worlds
Understanding and Appreciating Literary Texts Through Rereading
The Emotional Force of Swearwords and Taboo Words in the Speech of Multilinguals
Issues in L2
The Relative Contribution of L2 Language Proficiency and L1 Reading Ability to L2 Reading Performance
Toward an Integrated Curriculum
The role of transportation in the persuasiveness of public narratives
Emotions in Multiple Languages
How Big Is "Big"? Interpreting Effect Sizes in L2 Research
"Mapping the aesthetic space of literature "from below
Metacognitive and Language-Specific Knowledge in Native and Foreign Language Reading Comprehension
L2 Reading Comprehension and Its Correlates
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |