The Process of Understanding: Reading for Literary and Informative Purposes.

Langer, Judith A.

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Publication Date: 1990

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The Process of Understanding: Reading for Literary and Informative Purposes.

Langer, Judith A.

Research in the Teaching of English, v24 n3 p229-60 Oct 1990

Examines the approaches students use when reading for literary and informational purposes. Finds four recursive stances readers take in relation to the text: (1) being out and stepping into an envisionment; (2) being in and moving through an envisionment; (3) stepping back and rethinking what one knows; and (4) stepping out and objectifying the experience. (KEH)

Descriptors: Grade 11, Grade 7, Protocol Analysis, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Reading Research, Secondary Education

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Language: English

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