This paper discusses the functional literacy demands made on L2 students as consumers of media texts as cultural artefacts. It considers the implications of using newspapers as a representation of a foreign culture. While newspapers allow students to explore the stratified system of meaning in texts, the extent to which they effectively overcome cultural boundaries may be questioned.
Reading between the lines: meaning-making and media texts in the classroom
CLARK, CAROLINE MARY DE BOHUN
2006
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This paper discusses the functional literacy demands made on L2 students as consumers of media texts as cultural artefacts. It considers the implications of using newspapers as a representation of a foreign culture. While newspapers allow students to explore the stratified system of meaning in texts, the extent to which they effectively overcome cultural boundaries may be questioned.File in questo prodotto:
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