A klasszikus és a kortárs szövegek feldolgozásának hatása az olvasás affektív tényezőire

Abstract

Our study explores the influences of different literary texts on students’ reading-related affective characteristics. In an instruction program, we compared the effects of classical and contemporary short stories on three affective factors: reading motivation, reading habits and attitude towards readings. Empirical data were collected on literature lessons from a total of 190 grade 7 students. Students were assigned to three groups on the basis of the type of texts they worked on: (1) classical short stories, (2) contemporary short stories, (3) both types of short stories.  Based on the results of the instruction program, contemporary short stories have a positive effect on the affective components of reading. In the contemporary short story group, significant positive changes were observed in students’ motivation, reading habits, and attitudes towards the readings. In the light of our results, text selection for reading and literature instruction should be reconsidered.