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Peer reviewedUrquhart, Alexander H. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1987
Argues that second-language reading comprehension and its assessment can be usefully divided into two aspects: (1) comprehensions (different levels of comprehension the reader adopts to suit different purposes of reading); and (2) interpretations (different readings of the same text resulting from different background knowledge or preoccupations…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Reading Attitudes, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies
