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de Oliveira Pimenta, Sonia Maria – ESPecialist, 1989
Analyzes the familiarity or distance aspects as well as interest in topics of texts in the light of reader-text interaction. Results found that familiarity and interest with a topic of a text may influence the reading process in terms of evaluation, reader text interaction, and critical reading. (20 references) (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, English (Second Language), Familiarity, Postsecondary Education