Chinese children's reading acquisition : theoretical and pedagogical issues / edited by Wenling Li, Janet S. Gaffney, Jerome L. Packard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Li, Wenling.

Gaffney, Janet S.

Packard, Jerome Lee, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading (Elementary)--China.

Reading (Elementary).

China.

Physical Description:

xi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2002]

Summary:

Published research and conference presentations on the Chineselanguage in the last decade have tended to focus on adult languageprocessing. This book provides a comprehensive resource for thecritical discussion of major issues in learning to read Chinese from achild acquisition perspective.The combined contributions from researchers in Asian studies, linguistics, psycholinguistics, psychology, cognitive psychology, reading, and education inform international comparative studies ofliteracy by making apparent the features of the Chinese culture, language, writing system, and pedagogy that may facilitate or impedethe acquisition of literacy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0792375432

OCLC:

47805027