基本説明
In synthesizing current research findings, Keiko Koda demonstrates how the complex phenomenon of reading can be systematically studied.
Full Description
This critical volume, provides an in-depth analysis of second language reading's multiple dimensions. 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 foreign language teachers.
Contents
Part I. Theoretical Foundations: 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical underpinnings; Part II. Essential Components: 3. Word recognition; 4. Vocabulary knowledge; 5. Intraword awareness and word-knowledge development; 6. Information integration in sentence processing; 7. Discourse processing; 8. Text structure and comprehension; Part III. Looking at the Whole: 9. Individual differences; 10. Developing strategic reading; Part IV. Theory into Practice: 11. Comprehension assessment; 12. Comprehension instruction.
