Reading in a Second Language
Moving from Theory to Practice

This updated second edition provides a comprehensive overview of research into reading, and how this can be applied in practice.

William Grabe (Author), Junko Yamashita (Author)

9781108793704, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 8 September 2022

500 pages
22.7 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.89 kg

Understanding reading abilities and their development is fundamental for language comprehension and human cognition. Now in its second edition, this book draws on research from multiple disciplines to explain reading abilities in both L1 and L2, and shows how this research can be applied in practice in order to support reading development. Research into reading has progressed a great deal since the first edition was published, so this edition has been completely updated and revised, in order to reflect these advances. All chapters present updated research studies, and completely new chapters are included on the neurocognition of reading, reading-writing relationships, and digital reading. If you want to know how reading works, no matter the language(s) involved, as well as how it can be taught effectively, this book provides a persuasive research foundation and many practical insights. It is essential reading for academic researchers and students in Applied Linguistics and TESOL.

Preface
Part I. Foundations of Reading: 1. The nature of reading: Defining reading
2. How reading works: Building blocks of fluency and comprehension
3. How reading works: comprehension processes
4. Cognitive issues in reading
5. Neurocognitive processes and reading ability
6. Explaining reading comprehension: Models of reading
Part II. Patterns of Variation in Reading: 7. Reading in different languages
8. L1 and L2 reading relationships
9. Social contexts of reading
10. Motivation for reading
Part III. Developing Reading Comprehension Abilities: 11. Vocabulary and reading comprehension
12. Building main idea comprehension: syntax and strategies
13. Becoming a strategic reader
14. Building awareness of discourse structure
Part IV. Expanding Reading Comprehension Skills: 15. Reading to learn and reading/writing relationships
16. Reading in digital contexts
17. Reading fluency, reading rate, and comprehension
18. Extensive reading
Part V. Applications of Reading Research: Instruction and Assessment
19. Reading curriculum and instruction
20. Reading assessment
References
Indexes.

Subject Areas: Study & learning skills: general [JNZ], Teaching skills & techniques [JNT], Psycholinguistics [CFD], Linguistics [CF]