Insights into Second Language Reading A Cross-Linguistic Approach

Name: Insights into Second Language Reading A Cross-Linguistic Approach
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ISBN: 9780521545136

ISBN-10: 0521545137

ISBN-13: 9780521545136

Edition: 2004

Authors: Keiko Koda, Michael H. Long, Jack C. Richards

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This critical volume provides an in-depth analysis of the multiple dimensions of second language reading. The paperback edition describes the complexity of reading and explains how reading differs in a first and second language. The book is broad in scope, covering all major aspects of the reading process and synthesizing all current reading research. The author provides a cross-linguistic orientation, explaining how first and second languages can mutually facilitate one another. This important volume offers strategies for enhancing literary acquisition, second-language learning and bilingual processing, and will serve as a valuable guide for graduate students, professors, researchers and…

Book details

List price: $72.25
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/10/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.98" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English




Theoretical Foundations



Introduction



Theoretical underpinnings



Essential Components



Word recognition



Vocabulary knowledge



Intraword awareness and word-knowledge development



Information integration in sentence processing



Discourse processing



Text structure and comprehension



Looking at the Whole



Individual differences



Developing strategic reading



Theory into Practice



Comprehension assessment



Comprehension instruction