TY  - BOOK
AU  - Koda,Keiko
TI  - Insights into second language reading: a cross-linguistic approach 
T2  - The Cambridge applied linguistics series
SN  - 052183662X
AV  - P53.75 .K63 2005
U1  - 407 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Reading
N1  - 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
N2  - "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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