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Table 1 Emerging Dialogic Reading Domains: Cultural, Efferent, Aesthetic, Critical, and Dialogic

From: Dialogic meaning construction and emergent reading domains among four young English language learners in second-language reading

Domain

Stance

Example

Cultural

Private aspect of meaning

Maria's evocation while reading Family pictures. She sings the song about the piñata.

Efferent

Public aspect of meaning

Hiroki's and Jaewon are gaining information about Christopher Columbus's adventure story and Evert's new vocabulary.

Aesthetic

Private aspect of meaning

Evert's and Maria's reading processes while reading I Hate English.

Dialogic

Private and public aspect of meaning

Hiroki's and Jaewon's responses while reading Follow the Dream and Encounter: The two different depictions of Christopher Columbus drive from the authors' different intention.

Critical

Private and public aspect of meaning

Jaewon's and Hiroki's exploration of the two versions of Christopher Columbus (Encounter and Follow the Dream). Hiroki said Christopher Columbus should not invade the Native Americans.