4th Edition

English L2 Reading Getting to the Bottom

By Barbara M. Birch, Sean Fulop Copyright 2021
306 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

306 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

306 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

English L2 Reading: Getting to the Bottom uses research-based insights to examine bottom-up skills in reading English as a second language. This fourth edition clearly presents core concepts alongside their practical applications to teaching contexts, with updated research findings, a new focus on metalinguistic awareness, and new resources for students. The text’s pedagogical features... Read more
1. The Beginning Reader  2. Writing Systems  3. Interlanguage Reading and Transfer  4. Listening Skills in Reading  5. Processing Letters  6. The English Spelling System  7. Approaches to Phonics  8. English Morphophonemic Spelling  9. Spelling Development  10. Vocabulary Acquisition  11. Getting to the Bottom of English L2 Fluency

Biography

Barbara M. Birch is a professor in the Department of Linguistics at California State University—Fresno, California, USA.

Sean Fulop is a professor in the Department of Linguistics at California State University—Fresno, California, USA.