‘Well I don’t feel that’: schemas, worlds and authentic reading in the classroom

This article explores reading in the English classroom through a cognitive linguistic lens. In particular, we consider how students’ ability to engage with a text, which we term authentic reading, can be facilitated or restricted. We draw on two case studies featuring Year 7 students working with th...

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Main Authors: Giovanelli, Marcello, Mason, Jessica
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Published: Wiley 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31832/
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description This article explores reading in the English classroom through a cognitive linguistic lens. In particular, we consider how students’ ability to engage with a text, which we term authentic reading, can be facilitated or restricted. We draw on two case studies featuring Year 7 students working with the novel Holes (Sachar 2000), and the short story ‘The man who shouted Teresa’ (Calvino 1996) respectively, and argue for the benefits of using cognitive linguistics as a tool for teachers and researchers to ‘think with’ when considering reading in the classroom.
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spelling nottingham-318322020-05-04T20:10:58Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31832/ ‘Well I don’t feel that’: schemas, worlds and authentic reading in the classroom Giovanelli, Marcello Mason, Jessica This article explores reading in the English classroom through a cognitive linguistic lens. In particular, we consider how students’ ability to engage with a text, which we term authentic reading, can be facilitated or restricted. We draw on two case studies featuring Year 7 students working with the novel Holes (Sachar 2000), and the short story ‘The man who shouted Teresa’ (Calvino 1996) respectively, and argue for the benefits of using cognitive linguistics as a tool for teachers and researchers to ‘think with’ when considering reading in the classroom. Wiley 2015 Article PeerReviewed Giovanelli, Marcello and Mason, Jessica (2015) ‘Well I don’t feel that’: schemas, worlds and authentic reading in the classroom. English in Education, 49 (1). pp. 41-55. ISSN 1754-8845 Cognitive linguistics authentic reading narrative schemas text world theory personal response http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eie.12052/abstract doi:10.1111/eie.12052 doi:10.1111/eie.12052
spellingShingle Cognitive linguistics
authentic reading
narrative schemas
text world theory
personal response
Giovanelli, Marcello
Mason, Jessica
‘Well I don’t feel that’: schemas, worlds and authentic reading in the classroom
title ‘Well I don’t feel that’: schemas, worlds and authentic reading in the classroom
title_full ‘Well I don’t feel that’: schemas, worlds and authentic reading in the classroom
title_fullStr ‘Well I don’t feel that’: schemas, worlds and authentic reading in the classroom
title_full_unstemmed ‘Well I don’t feel that’: schemas, worlds and authentic reading in the classroom
title_short ‘Well I don’t feel that’: schemas, worlds and authentic reading in the classroom
title_sort ‘well i don’t feel that’: schemas, worlds and authentic reading in the classroom
topic Cognitive linguistics
authentic reading
narrative schemas
text world theory
personal response
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31832/
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