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Teorinė teksto užsienio kalba supratimo analizė
Theoretical Analysis of Understanding the Text in a Foreign Language

Author(s): Aleksandras Velička
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Keywords: logical categories; compositional structure of contents; compression of contents; thoroughness of the semantic text analysis; induction; deduction.

Summary/Abstract: The article contains the examination of the important problem of teaching the foreign languages. The theoretical interpretation and understanding of the text consist of two components: perceptive comprehension of the text and semantic decoding of the text contents. The author underlines that for understanding of the text the linguistic and extralinguistic elements; quantity of information, its presentation, visual aids are of the particular importance. The speech competency of the reader is also accented in the work. The article is useful in both theoretical and practical aspects.

  • Issue Year: 16/2008
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 85-91
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Lithuanian