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Teaching English Reading in the Chinese-Speaking World: Building Strategies Across Scripts
Clay Williams
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paperback. Series: Springer Texts in Education. Num Pages: 199 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ELXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
This book investigates inherent, structural differences in the Chinese and English writing systems which predispose learners from childhood to develop specific literacy-learning strategies, which can impair later efforts at learning foreign language literacy if the foreign language script varies significantly from the native language script. It compares educational practices and philosophies in Chinese and English-speaking classrooms, and examines the psychological underpinnings of these literacy learning strategies. This book presents psychometric testing of adult reading strategy defaults and examines case study data, revealing that Chinese students are susceptible to misapplying Chinese character-level processing strategies to English word identification tasks, which decreases ... Read more
This book investigates inherent, structural differences in the Chinese and English writing systems which predispose learners from childhood to develop specific literacy-learning strategies, which can impair later efforts at learning foreign language literacy if the foreign language script varies significantly from the native language script. It compares educational practices and philosophies in Chinese and English-speaking classrooms, and examines the psychological underpinnings of these literacy learning strategies. This book presents psychometric testing of adult reading strategy defaults and examines case study data, revealing that Chinese students are susceptible to misapplying Chinese character-level processing strategies to English word identification tasks, which decreases ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
Series
Springer Texts in Education
Number of Pages
185
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789811006418
SKU
V9789811006418
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About Clay Williams
Clay H. Williams is an associate professor in the graduate-level English Language Teaching Practices department of Akita International University (in northern Japan), where he teaches courses on linguistics, applied linguistics, psycholinguistics, and research methods. His primary research interests include cross-script effects on L2 literacy development with special emphasis on Chinese-English and Japanese-English literacy learning skills, lexical access in non-alphabetic script ... Read more
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