to respond to that massage in some way. It is especially important that they should be allowed to express their feelings about the topic.
In the wake of proficiency testing and the ACTFL Standards, the labels we as FL teachers use to describe our job have changed; and with those changes the objectives for teaching what were formerly called «skills» have been recast. What was once «speaking skill» is today more commonly referred to as «communicative competence.» Reading has become «negotiating with the text,» «Reading for meaning,» or «holistic reading.» Along with new labels or new associations come changed ideas about what FL students should learn and how.
In addition to the research backing up the general theoretical foundations of reading, there exists a growing number of studies dealing with reading activity. The results of these studies indicate that reading is much more efficient than traditional methods. Reading is an activity with a purpose. A person may read in order to gain information or verify existing knowledge, or in order to critique a writer's ideas or writing style. A person may also read for enjoyment, or to enhance knowledge of the language being read.
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