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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      October 2017
      October 2017
      ISBN:
      9781316155752
      9781107095885
      9781107479531
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316155752
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.84kg, 508 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.75kg, 510 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Applied Linguistics, Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics, Language and Linguistics
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    Around the world, children embark on learning to read in their home language or writing system. But does their specific language, and how it is written, make a difference to how they learn? How is learning to read English similar to or different from learning in other languages? Is reading alphabetic writing a different challenge from reading syllabic or logographic writing? Learning to Read across Languages and Writing Systems examines these questions across seventeen languages representing the world's different major writing systems. Each chapter highlights the key features of a specific language, exploring research on learning to read, spell, and comprehend it, and on implications for education. The editors' introduction describes the global spread of reading and provides a theoretical framework, including operating principles for learning to read. The editors' final chapter draws conclusions about cross-linguistic universal trends, and the challenges posed by specific languages and writing systems.

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    ‘To sum up in my opinion this book provides invaluable and concise information about the process of reading across different languages … The process of reading and for extension, this book should be in-depth study by linguists, primary teachers, language teachers, psychologists, speech therapists, and even parents. I will strongly recommend this book to every single person that deals with children or adults learning how to read and improve the reading skills, not just in their mother tongues but also in L2.’

    Pamela Villar González Source: LINGUIST List

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