APPENDIX 3
from APPENDICES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2014
Summary
Students’ individual styles of reading revealed during the interview
The most important findings concerning three students are presented below.
Student B
Student B emphasized the role of predictions in reading both texts. She explained that in each case she had formed her expectations about the topic of the text on the basis of the picture that accompanied the text. While reading the texts, she asked herself questions and looked for information to answer these questions.
It seems that in reading in Polish she felt disappointed because her expectations were not fulfilled. She said:
S: umm, my expectations from the beginning of the article, I expected that having already seen the man really with the brain in his grasp, he doesn't believe in the soul, therefore he doesn't believe. Simply the questions I had asked myself before reading the texts failed to gain answers during the subsequent reading phases the stages of reading the article, I just did not find the answers to the questions which I had asked myself prior to reading and after an evaluation of the picture, the photo
T: And what if questions hadn't been asked? Would that not have been better?
S: But then it would be so superficial, for questions not to be asked. I'm also not sure if it doesn't depend on your personality, for example if I'm going to read something then I'm doing so with an aim in mind, if it's for pleasure that's ok.
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- Reading Comprehension in Polish and EnglishEvidence from an Introspective Study, pp. 211 - 214Publisher: Jagiellonian University PressPrint publication year: 2013