Reading in a Second Language: Process, Product and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780582298361 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 362 str.

Urquhart, A. H.

Opis

This text aims to synthesize the state of research with regard to the teaching and testing of reading in a second language. It examines the psychology of reading, models of the reading process and various theories, and discusses the development of reading tests and teaching practice.

Spis treści

PART 1
1. Introduction
2. Preliminaries: What is Reading?PART 2: THE THEORY OF READING
2.1 Models
2.2 Components in Detail
2.3 Comprehension, Skills, Strategies and Styles
2.4 Different Kinds of Reading
PART 3: TESTING READING COMPREHENSION (S)
3.1 Introduction: The Limits of Testing
3.2 Task Based Factors
3.3 Text Based Factors
3.4 Test Formats
3.5 Conclusions
PART 4: THE TEACHING OF READING
4.1 Teaching and Testing?
4.2 Focus on Metacognitive Strategies
4.3 Focus on Cognitive Strategies and Skills
4.4 What Should Happen in the Reading Classroom?
PART  5: FUTURE RESEARCH
5.1 Models and Different Types of Reading
5.2 Reading and the Teaching of Grammar
5.3 The Use of Tests to Investigate Componentiality in Reading Research

O autorze

A.H. Urquhart, Cyril J. Weir