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1、ReadingLiteratureandLanguageAwareness Readingliteraturecanhelpstudentstoincreasetheirlanguageawareness(LA).ThedefinitionofLAisnecessarybeforethefollowingquestionsareanswered:WhyLAissoimportantforlanguagelearners?Howdoesreadingliteraturehelpincreasestudents’LA? EventhoughLAhasbeenthec
2、enterofdiscussionaboutlanguageeducationinthelasttwodecades,itisstillacontroversialissuetodefineLAaccurately(Andrew,2000,p.11).Amongallthedefinitions,thewayJames&Garrett(1998)defineLAismoreconcreteandunderstandable.TheydefineLAintermsofmainaimsofitsfivedomains:theaffectivedomain,thesoci
3、aldomain,the‘power’domain,thecognitivedomainandtheperformancedomain.Theaffectivedomainaimsto‘formattitudes,awakenanddevelopattention,sensitivity,curiosity,interestandaestheticresponse’,asDonmall(1985)writes(p.7;citedinJames&Garrett,1998,p.13).ThesocialdomainofLA,accordingtoDonmall(1985
4、),canbeusedto‘fosterbetterrelationsbetweenallethnicgroupsbyarousingpupils’awarenessoftheoriginsandcharacteristicsoftheirownlanguageanddialectandtheirplaceinthewidermap5oflanguagesanddialectsusedintheworldbeyond.’(p.8;citedinJames&Garrett,1998,p.13).ToquoteJames&Garrett(1998),theaimsofo
5、therthreedomainsare: Power:togivetheindividualcontroloverlanguageandlanguagelearningfortheachievementandexpressionof,aswellassensitivityto,identityandpurpose. Cognitive:toimproveintellectualfunctioning. Performance:toimproveproficiency.(p.310) James&Garrett(1998)alsoemphasizethatth
6、esedomainsdonotexistindependently.Onedomaincanhaveinfluenceonanotherdomain,forexample,‘affective’learningcanleadtobetterperformance(p.15). ThedefinitionofLAgivenbyJames&Garrett(1998)answersalsothequestionwhyLAissoimportantforlanguagelearners.Inotherwords,LAcanhelpstudentstogetmorepers
7、onallyinvolvedintheprocessoflanguagelearning.Inthelongrun,LAcanalsoraisestudents’culturaltolerance.(p.13)Inaddition,studentswhohavecriticallanguageawarenesscanunderstandtheunderlyingideologiesandbelievesintexts,challengethemandlaterhavetheirownpointofviews.(Arndtetal.,2000,p.218)Fina
