Daniela Ventura

ABSTRACT
The learning process of mother tongue depends on proficiency in comprehension and interpreting. Results from PISA 2009 and PISA 2012 Assessment Framework (OECD), measuring the knowledge, skills and attitudes of 15-year-olds over the last ten years, show that Spain performs below the average of OECD countries in reading literacy. This low per- formance can be extended to second language learning. The results obtained in reading liter- acy by Spanish pupils studying French as a foreign language highlight a problem concerning text deep comprehension and inner text organization. In this paper, we will show how the inattentiveness, the cursory reading and, at the same time, the basic lack of proficiency in cognitive and some discursive abilities may be the main cause of reading incomprehension. de favo- riser une meilleure intelligence des images: «Les yeux de l’esprit sont les mots» (P. Valéry, 1957, 1040).