Reading in a second language : moving from theory to practice /
William Grabe.
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Reading in a Second Language: Moving from Theory to Practice Bill Grabe Table of Contents Preface
Section I: Foundations of Reading Comprehension 1. The Nature of Reading: Defining reading 2. How Reading Works: The Basic Building Blocks 3. How Reading Works: The Comprehension Process 4. Cognitive Issues in L2 Reading 5. Models, and More Models of Reading: Explaining Reading
Section II: Reading Variation and the L2 Reader 6. Reading in Different Languages 7. L1 and L2 Reading Relations 8. The Social Contexts of Reading 9. Motivation for Reading Section III: Development of Reading Comprehension 10. Main Idea Comprehension 11. Becoming a Strategic Reader 12. Building Awareness of Discourse Structure 13. Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension Section IV: Expanding Reading Comprehension Abilities 14. Reading Fluency 15. Extensive Reading 16. The Reading Curriculum 17. Reading Assessment
18. Further Topics and Issues in Reading
References Index
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Language and languages--Study and teaching. Reading. Second language acquisition.