Understanding Advanced Second-Language Reading

ISBN-13: 9780415879095 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 240 str.

Elizabeth B. Bernhardt;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

What distinguishes this book is its broad, yet thorough, view of theory, process, and research on adult second-language reading, firmly anchored in a theory of second language reading the concept of compensatory processing.

Spis treści

Preface 
1. Exploring the Complexities of Second-language Reading 
2. A Compensatory Theory of Second-language Reading 
3. Sketching the Landscape of Second-language Reading Research 
4. Compensatory Theory in Second-language Reading Instruction 
5. Second-language Readers and Literary Text 
6. Assessing the Learning and Teaching of Comprehension in a Second Language 
7. Continuing to Research Second-language Reading 
Works Cited

O autorze

Elizabeth B. Bernhardt is Professor, German Studies; John Roberts Hale Director of the Language Center; and The W. Warren Shelden University Fellow in Undergraduate Education at Stanford University, US.