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English L2 reading : getting to the bottom / Barbara M. Birch.
LIBRA PE1128.A2 B497 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Birch, Barbara M.
- Series:
- ESL and applied linguistics professional series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.
- English language.
- Second language acquisition.
- Reading comprehension.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.
- Summary:
- This is a comprehensive examination of how L1 features (orthographic system, phonology, morphology) can influence English L2 reading at the 'bottom' of the reading process. Pre-reading discussion and study questions are provided.
- Contents:
- The expert decision maker
- Writing systems
- Low-level transfer of reading strategies
- Listening skills in reading
- Processing letters
- The English spelling system
- Approaches to phonics
- English morphophonemic writing
- Vocabulary acquisition
- Getting to the bottom of English L2 Reading
- English Graphemes
- English Phonemes and their principal spellings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-193) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0805838996
- 9780805838992
- OCLC:
- 48655474
- Online:
- Publisher description
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