“WHAT WOULD STUDENTS READ ABOUT?”: INVOLVING L2 LEARNERS IN COMPILING A BUSINESS ENGLISH READING PORTFOLIO
“WHAT WOULD STUDENTS READ ABOUT?”: INVOLVING L2 LEARNERS IN COMPILING A BUSINESS ENGLISH READING PORTFOLIO

Summary/Abstract: This article presents and discusses a series of data on economics undergraduates’ preferences for reading in English L2 within their subject field. The overall aim of the research was to outline a reader profile with a view to introducing an extensive reading programme for the forthcoming students. The research methodology made use of the university’s Moodle platform where students had to post proposals of texts they considered enticing and give feedback to their peers’ proposals. Both readers’ freedom of choice as to the reading materials and the use of the follow-up interactive task provided valuable data outlining a specific reader profile. The collected data have revealed students’ high interest in halfway specialized texts on up-to-date issues.

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