Reading in a second language : moving from theory to practice /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Cambridge applied linguistics series
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Foundations of reading
- ch. 1. Thenature of reading : defining reading
- ch. 2. How reading works : the building blocks of fluency and comprehension
- ch. 3. How reading works : comprehension processes
- ch. 4. cognitive issues in reading
- ch. 5. Models and more models of reading : explaining reading
- Part II. Patterns of variation in reading
- ch. 6. Reading in different languages
- ch. 7. L1 an dL2 reading relationships
- ch. 8. The social contexts of reading
- ch. 9. Motivation for reading
- Part III. Developing reading comprehension abilities
- ch. 10. Building main-idea comprehension
- ch. 11. Becoming a strategic reader
- ch. 11. Building awareness of discourse structure
- ch. 13. Vocabulary and reading comprehension
- Part IV. Expanding reading comprehension skills
- ch. 14. Reading fluency, reading rate, and copmrehension
- ch. 15. Extensive reading
- ch. 16. The reading curriculum and instruction
- ch. 17. Reading assessment
- ch. 18. Further topics and issues in reading.