Insights into second language reading : a cross-linguistic approach / Keiko Koda.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-320).

I. Theoretical Foundations -- 1. Introduction -- Basic concepts and constructs -- Principal approaches -- General organization -- 2. Theoretical underpinnings -- Cross-language reading skills transfer -- Connectionist accounts of skills acquisition -- Competency dissection: Component skills approaches -- Conceptualizing L2 reading competence differences -- II. Essential Components -- 3. Word recognition -- Roles of word recognition in reading comprehension -- Component processes -- Cross-linguistic variations in word recognition -- Factors affecting L2 word recognition -- Studies on L2 word recognition -- Summary and future research suggestions -- 4. Vocabulary knowledge -- Vocabulary knowledge and comprehension -- Nature of vocabulary knowledge -- Conceptions of vocabulary knowledge in L2 studies -- Vocabulary knowledge and comprehension among L2 learners -- Nature of vocabulary knowledge among L2 readers -- Dual-language lexical organization -- Summary and future research suggestions -- 5. Intraword awareness and word-knowledge development -- Metalinguistic awareness in early reading development -- Intraword awareness and lexical competence -- Cross-linguistic analyses -- Development of IA among L2 learners -- Summary and future research suggestions -- 6. Information integration in sentence processing -- Linguistic complexity and comprehension difficulty -- Models of syntactic parsing -- Cross-linguistic variations in sentence processing -- Nonsyntactic factors constraining sentence processing -- Factors affecting L2 sentence processing -- Studies on L2 sentence processing -- Summary and future research suggestions -- 7. Discourse processing -- Building text representations -- Establishing text coherence -- Functions of knowledge in text comprehension -- Factors affecting L2 discourse processing -- Studies on L2 discourse comprehension -- Summary and future research suggestions -- 8. Text structure and comprehension -- Narrative texts -- Expository texts -- Cross-linguistic variations in text structure -- Cross-linguistic influences on L2 text comprehension -- Studies on L2 text structure and comprehension -- Summary and future research suggestions -- III. Looking At the Whole -- 9. Individual differences -- Traditions of individual-difference research -- Empirical findings from single-focus studies -- Trends in L2 single-focus studies -- Alternative approaches in individual-difference studies -- Component skills approach -- Working memory -- Summary and future research suggestions -- 10. Developing strategic reading -- Strategic reading -- Roles of metacognition in strategic reading -- Verbal reports and protocol analysis -- Strategic reading among L2 readers -- Summary and future research suggestions -- IV. Theory Into Practice -- 11. Comprehension assessment -- Conceptualizing reading comprehension -- Assessment purposes -- Assessment models -- Techniques in measuring reading comprehension -- Roles of assessment in reading research and teaching -- Concerns specific to L2 reading assessment -- Summary and future research suggestions -- 12. Comprehension instruction -- What we know about comprehension -- Research interpretation and instructional applications -- Basic principles of comprehension instruction -- L2 instructional approaches -- Thoughts on further instructional research and practice.

"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."--Publisher's website.

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