Navigating in foreign language texts af Lita Lundquist (Bog)

Alle mennesker fødes med et sprogligt instinkt. Vi har alle en grundlæggende forståelse af, hvordan sproget er konstrueret, som hjælper os til at bruge og forstå det i tale og på skrift. Forfatteren Lita Lundquist viser, hvordan Bogen først og fremmest er skrevet til studerende på videregående uddannelser, som ofte må læse komplekse tekster på fremmedsprog. Typisk er det tekster, hvor det ikke er sproget, men emner som økonomi, sociologi og historie, der er i fokus, mens sproget bliver en barriere for indlæringen.

This book has been written, first and foremost, for students in higher education who are often confronted with the task of reading complex texts in a foreign language in order to acquire information and knowledge. The main idea is that foreign language students, due to their native language, are already familiar with basic principles for processing texts, and only need to be made aware of these principles in order to facilitate their comprehension of foreign language texts. The languages dealt with in this book comprise English, German, French, and Spanish, as well as other European (and Indo-European) languages, which have a lot in common. Instead of focusing on language difference, the book shows students how to take advantage of features that are shared between their native language and a foreign language. The book includes an introduction to two e-learning programs: TeXtRay, which makes an 'X-ray' of the text, and naviLire, which offers exercises in text navigation. Both programs assist users in identifying linguistic means of creating coherence and meaning in texts, and in exploiting such means when it comes to reading and writing texts in the foreign language.

Titel: Navigating in foreign language texts
Forfatter: Lita Lundquist
Forlag: Samfundslitteratur
Udgivelsesår: 2008
Sider: 147
Sprog: Engelsk