1st Edition
Learning to Read Across Languages Cross-Linguistic Relationships in First- and Second-Language Literacy Development
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book systematically examines how learning to read occurs in diverse languages, and in so doing, explores how literacy is learned in a second language by learners who have achieved at least basic reading skills in their first language. As a consequence of rapid globalization, such learners are a large and growing segment of the school population worldwide, and an increasing number of schools... Read more
Preface 1 Introduction: conceptualizing reading universals, cross-linguistic variations, and second language literacy development PART I Theoretical underpinnings 2 Learning to read: general principles and writing system variations 3 Conceptual and methodological issues in comparing metalinguistic awareness across languages 4 Impacts of prior literacy experience on second language learning to read PART II Languages, writing systems and learning to read Part II Introduction and glossary 5 Arabic literacy development and cross-linguistic effects in subsequent L2 literacy development 6 Learning to read Chinese: cognitive consequences of cross-language and writing system differences 7 Facets of metalinguistic awareness related to reading development in Hebrew: evidence from monolingual and bilingual children 8 Learning to read in Khmer 9 Literacy experience in Korean: implications for learning to read in a second language 10 Thinking back and looking forward
Biography
Keiko Koda, Annette M. Zehler
