Understanding the reading process in a second language: cognition and affect

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https://doi.org/10.17398/1988-8430.28.11

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reading, learning, foreign language, cognition and affect

Abstract

The complexity of the cognitive (attentional processes, working memory, processing speed), the affective (motivation, self-esteem, empathy) and the socio-cultural (social integration, literacy, awareness intercultural) mechanisms that are involved in the acquisition of foreign language reading, makes their study of particular interest. The central objective of this article is to present a review of the factors that affect the learning-to-read process in a foreign language. This article also includes the analysis of the seven studies included in Tejuelo, issue 28. The review of these studies with data from kindergarten to tertiary education offers pedagogical implications for the understanding of the cognitive and affective factors that show for improvement in foreign language reading.

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2018-09-14

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Understanding the reading process in a second language: cognition and affect. (2018). TEJUELO. Didactics of Language and Literature. Education, 28, 11-42. https://doi.org/10.17398/1988-8430.28.11