Looks at the theory, process, and research on adult second-language reading. Offering discussions of upper-register second-language texts that adult second-language readers encounter daily across the globe, this title also presents an assessment schema for second-language text comprehension as well as for the assessment of teaching. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 black & white tables. BIC Classification: CFDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338. . 2010. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Understanding Advanced Second-Language Reading
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2010
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415879108
ISBN 13: 9780415879101
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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What distinguishes this book is its broad, yet thorough, view of theory, process, and research on adult second-language reading. Offering extensive discussions of upper-register second-language texts (both expository and narrative) that adult second-language readers encounter daily across the globe, it also presents an assessment schema for second-language text comprehension as well as for the assessment of teaching.

Understanding Advanced Second-Language Reading:

includes languages other than English in the discussion of second language reading
is firmly anchored in a theory of second language reading ─ the concept of compensatory processing
emphasizes the multi-dimensionality and dynamic nature of L2 reading development
focuses on comprehension of upper-register literary texts
balances theory and instructional practices.

Filling the need for a coherent, theoretically consistent, and research-based portrait of how literate adolescents and adults comprehend, and learn to comprehend, at greater levels of sophistication and whether that ability can be enhanced by instruction, this is a must-have resource for reading and second-language researchers, students, and teachers.

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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.

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