engleski

Literacy in English as a Foreign Language: Reading Readers vs. Reading Literature

The language of graded readers of literature in English aimed at young or beginner learners of EFL (English as a foreign language) is analysed and compared to the language of graded readers aimed at pupils whose first language is English and to the language of literature in ‘ real books, ’ mainly picture books and poetry. The implications of the ‘ disinfected’ language of the graded readers for the development of literacy in the target language are discussed. Special emphasis is put on structural, functional and cultural aspects of the analysed texts, and on their respective potential ‘ instructional’ value in terms of achieving literacy of a higher order in EFL.

multilingual literacy; English as a foreign language; young learners; graded readers; real books

Sažetak rada je objavljen u Knjizi sažetaka (Book of Abstracts) / Shiel, Gerry ; Stričević, Ivanka (ur.) ; Zagreb : ŠK, 2005. ; str. 51-51