Reading in a second language : cognitive and psycholinguistic issues /
edited by Xi Chen, Vedran Dronjic, and Rena Helms-Park.
- xvii, 315 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of illustrations List of contributors Preface Acknowledgements 1 From proto-writing to multimedia literacy: scripts and orthographies through the ages 2 Reading, brain, and cognition 3 Development of word recognition in a second language 4 Cross-language transfer of metalinguistic and cognitive skills in second language learning 5 The role of lexical knowledge in second language reading 6 Higher-level processes in second language reading comprehension 7 The social context of second language literacy and biliteracy 8 Problems with reading 9 Reading instruction in a technological age Index
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Reading (Higher education) Second language acquisition. English language--Study and teaching (Higher)--Foreign speakers. Reading comprehension. Psycholinguistics.