Applying the Reader-Response Theory to Literary Texts in EFL-Pre-Service Teachers' Initial Education

Autor/inn/en	Garzón, Eliana; Castañeda-Peña, Harold
Titel	Applying the Reader-Response Theory to Literary Texts in EFL-Pre-Service Teachers' Initial Education
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 8 (2015) 8, S.187-198 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Reader Response; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Preservice Teachers; Story Reading; Theories; English Literature; Critical Thinking; Thinking Skills; Language Teachers; Foreign Countries; Qualitative Research; Coding; Video Technology; Audio Equipment; Writing Assignments; Colombia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leserbrief; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Theory; Theorie; Englische literatur; Kritisches Denken; Denkfähigkeit; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Ausland; Qualitative Forschung; Codierung; Programmierung; Audio-CD; Kolumbien
Abstract	This article presents the pedagogical implementation of the reader-response theory in a class of English as a foreign language with language pre-service teachers as they experience the reading of two short stories. The research took place over a 16 week period in which students kept a portfolio of their written responses to the stories. Participants also discussed their interpretations in class. The core constructs of this study are the reader-response theory, the use of literature in English as a foreign language classes and its relation to critical thinking. Results showed that the application of tasks based on the reader-response theory encourages a meaning seeking process as well as the development of higher order thinking skills in future language teachers. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01