Reading “Inside” the Lines
An Adventure in Developing Cultural Understanding
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8936906 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gilda Alvarez Evans (Fort Worth Library, corresponding author), Olgalucía G González (West Virginia University) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-48 |
| Publication date | 1993-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Language Annals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-718X • E-ISSN: 1944-9720 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1993.tb01149.x |
| OpenAlex | W2038890241 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 2 |
One of the major concerns of the foreign language profession today is to find a way to promote better cross‐cultural understanding while continuing to develop linguistic skills. This paper presents a series of oral and written tasks based on authentic written texts. In this case, the texts, taken from magazines for Hispanic waders, clearly reflect the traditional Hispanic cultural value placed on close ties among Family and friends. A series of activities grouped into prereading, reading, and postreading tasks is provided along with some student responses to them. After locating appropriate authentic tests, activities can of course be designed for any language. The authors argue in favor of such task progressions for authentic texts. Reading “inside” the lines can be a motivating and enjoyable adventure for the students, and developing the tasks can be a similar challenge for the teacher
Adventure · Cultural background · Foreign language · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Reading (process · Research methodology · Sociology · Target culture · Task (project management · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Engineering · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching
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| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 2018 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |