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THE IMPORTANCE OF READING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAG E. SIMON SWEENEY There are three reasons for ensuring that reading has a prominent position in the design of a foreign language teaching program. These concern reading techniques, language acquisition and motivation. Reading techniques Learners of a foreign language, especially at elementary and intermediate levels, are rarely efficient readers in the foreign language. This has to do not only with deficiencies in linguistic knowledge, but also with the strategies employed in reading. Furthermore, efficient reading in the native language is rarely an accurate indicator of how the reader tackles reading in the foreign language. Experience shows that the simple transfer of skills from native to target language rarely...