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Rosenblatt, Louise M. – Language Arts, 1980
Distinguishes "aesthetic reading," in which readers are absorbed in the experience of making meaning from verbal signs, from "efferent reading" (reading for information); indicates how recent findings about language acquisition support this model of the reading process; and suggests implications for reading instruction, with emphasis on the…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Elementary Education, Emotional Response, Language Acquisition