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dc.contributor.authorMaun, Ianen_GB
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Exeteren_GB
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-13T16:49:09Zen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-25T11:51:57Zen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-20T16:42:51Z
dc.date.issued2006-05-15en_GB
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines visual and affective factors involved in the reading of foreign language texts. It draws on the results of a pilot study among students of post-compulsory school stage studying French in England. Through a detailed analysis of students’ reactions to texts, it demonstrates that the use of ‘authentic’ documents under currently held notions of ‘authenticity’ may have a negative affective impact on learners. Authors and designers of texts make assumptions about an original, intended readership which influence visual design, assumptions which are not necessarily borne out in the foreign language learning situation. There is a need to examine texts for their format as well as their content, to move away from equating ‘authentic’ with ‘identical’ and to using electronic design to improve readability.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVolume 15, Number 2, pp. 110-127en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09658410608668854
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10036/40884en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherMultilingual Mattersen_GB
dc.subjectTexten_GB
dc.subjectDesignen_GB
dc.subjectAuthenticen_GB
dc.subjectAnxietyen_GB
dc.subjectReadabilityen_GB
dc.titlePenetrating the Surface: The Impact of Visual Format on Readers’ Affective Responses to Authentic Foreign Language Textsen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2008-11-13T16:49:09Zen_GB
dc.date.available2011-01-25T11:51:57Zen_GB
dc.date.available2013-03-20T16:42:51Z
dc.identifier.issn0965-8416en_GB
dc.identifier.journalLanguage Awarenessen_GB


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