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Developing Reading: The Role of Linguistic Form and Social Context in Constructing Meaning.
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Winser, W. N. – 1992
Reading is construed as operating within the dynamics of the relationship of reader, text, context, and language system. Context is understood as the cultural and situational environment of the text, itself a semantic unit that is an instance of the language system. A related variable for reading is the awareness of the reader of the language…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries