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[faith2k]

One of the goals of having students read classical literature is to increase their ability to [b]reflect on [/b]the reading. For this reason, I understand some teachers have students write reflective journals after reading literary works. In this case, do native speakers of English normally use the expression, " to increase appreciation ability"? What is the proper word in this context, "reflection ability" or "appreciation ability"? Would "evaluation ability" be better?

Thank you, teachers.

[Barnez1]

Reflection and appreciation have two different meanings.


Reflection is concerned with the students looking back on the literature with hindsight, and evaluating whether their previous evaluations remains true, or whether with the passage of time some slightly different opinions have formed.

Appreciation refers to the students' enjoyment or satisfaction of the texts they have read.

Therefore, they might have appreciation for the colourful picture an author has created in their works, but on reflection, the students might have a different interpretation of the message the author was trying to get across.


The expressions you might use to describe these processes could be:

reflective ability
reflexivity

ability to appreciate (something)
appreciation of (something)

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[faith2k]

Very clear. Thank you very much.