A theoretical study on the effects of literary materials on second language acquisition : From the view point of the affective aspects of literary reading

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of literary materials in second language acquisition by diccussing the relationship between the offective aspects of literary reading and second language acquisition. Because literary reading is a form of input processing which is typically carried out, or is considered to be the most appropriate reading style, when reading literary texts, the present study focuses on literary reading in order to consider how literary materials can facilitate second language acquisition. After clarfying some basic concepts for this study, evaluative feelings, narrative feelings, aesthetic feelings, and self-mod(fting feelings, all of which typically arise in readers when carrying out literary reading, are discussed as affective aspects of literary reading. Their respective relationship with second language acquisition is as follows: evaluative feelings relate to second language acquisition in the continuation of input processing; narrative feelings in processing depih; aesthetic feelings in the facilitation of consciousness raising of linguistic farm; self-modifying feelings in the personal human development of second language speakers. It is concluded that literary materials facilitate second language acquisition at least as regards the four points stated above.