Investigating the strategic reading processes of first and second language readers in two different cultural contexts

System ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kouider Mokhtari ◽  
Carla Reichard
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Reading Processes ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Strategic Reading ◽  
Second Language Readers

A Pragmatic Analysis of Selected Obituaries In Nigerian Newspapers

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Oluwole Akinbode
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
African Culture ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Linguistic Study ◽  
Pragmatic Analysis ◽  
Sentence Level ◽  
Social Meanings

Since the inception of Pragmatics as an independent approach to meaning has independent linguistic study, the approach to meaning has encountered an enormous change. Meaning has been perceived beyond the sentence level. The aim of this paper was to do a pragmatic analysis of selected obituaries in Nigerian newspapers; Nigerian Tribune, The Nation and The Punch. These papers were purposively selected because obituaries were regularly published and publicized through them in a mournful manner and this called for a critical linguistic study by analyzing the mournful use of language with a view to finding out their effects on the decoders. The study of language has been extended significantly beyond mere description of linguistic properties to the various ways which individual communicators convey meanings in different socio-cultural contexts. The theoretical framework for this study is pragmatics. This is because pragmatics has been able to account for social meanings and give new insights to the understanding of literary texts and thus, helping in formulating strategies for the teaching and learning of language. Three Nigerian newspapers namely Nigerian Tribune, The Nation and the Punch were purposively selected for data collection. Relevant texts on obituaries were extracted from them and were critically analyzed for the purpose of this study. It was found out that relatives and friends of the deceased publicized the death of the deceased as memories and sympathy for the departed souls. It is recommended that obituaries should be used for the teaching and learning of English as a Second Language because funerals and obituaries are a significant aspect of African culture.

scholarly journals Neurolinguistics

2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-158
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
Neural Basis ◽  
Reading Processes ◽  
Electrophysiological Evidence ◽  
Brain Sciences

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scholarly journals Reading literary works in a second language: Transaction and interaction

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Marta Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Schema Theory ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Aesthetic Response ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Theoretical Frame ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Second Language Readers

Esta discusión explora cómo lingüística y /o barreras culturales pueden afectar la respuesta estética a un texto literario en lectores competentes a un segundo idioma. A medida que el marco teórico que apoya esta discusión tanto en la teoría del esquema y la teoría transaccional de Rosenblatt se han utilizado. Se sugiere aquí que los lectores de segunda lengua ya poseen esquemas suficiente de la lengua extranjera y la cultura como en la operación con un texto estético. En esta transacción la comprensión de lectura se puede evidenciar.This discussion explores how linguistic and /or cultural barriers can affect the aesthetic response to a literary text in proficient second language readers. As the theoretical frame supporting this discussion both schema theory and Rosenblatt's transactional theory have been used. It is suggested here that second language readers already possess sufficient schemata of the foreign language and culture as to transact with a text aesthetically. In this transaction reading comprehension can be evidenced.

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