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Author Birch, Barbara M., author

Title English L2 reading : getting to the bottom / Barbara M. Birch and Sean Fulop
Edition 4th edition
Published New York, NY ; London : Routledge, 2021
©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 293 pages) : illustrations
Series ESL & applied linguistics professional series
ESL and applied linguistics professional series
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Beginning Reader -- 2 Writing Systems -- 3 Interlanguage Reading and Transfer -- 4 Listening Skills in Reading -- 5 Processing Letters -- 6 The English Spelling System -- 7 Approaches to Phonics -- 8 English Morphophonemic Spelling -- 9 Spelling Development -- 10 Vocabulary Acquisition -- 11 Getting to the Bottom of English L2 Fluency -- Appendix A English Graphemes -- Appendix B English Phonemes and Their Principal Spellings -- Appendix C Dictionary Transcription -- Index
Summary English L2 Reading: Getting to the Bottom uses research-based insights to examine bottom-up skills in reading English as a second language. This fourth edition clearly presents core concepts alongside their practical applications to teaching contexts, with updated research findings, a new focus on metalinguistic awareness, and new resources for students. The text's pedagogical features help readers connect linguistic details and psycholinguistic theory with practical explanations and teaching suggestions. Pre-reading Questions challenge readers to analyze their own experiences. Study Guide Questions allow readers to review, discuss, and assess their knowledge. Discussion Questions elaborate on themes in each chapter, while the new Language Awareness Activities help develop metalinguistic awareness. Three Appendices provide tables that list the graphemes and the phonemes of English, as well as a brand-new dictionary pronunciation guide. New to the fourth edition: Substantially revised and updated research on linguistics New, evidence-based models on the reading process Language Awareness Activities that highlight metalinguistic awareness Word study examples in each chapter For teachers, teacher trainers, reading researchers, or anyone interested in teaching reading, this popular, comprehensive, myth-debunking text provides clear and practical guidance towards effectively supplementing top-down teaching approaches with bottom-up reading strategies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Barbara M. Birch is a professor in the Department of Linguistics at California State University--Fresno, California, USA. Sean Fulop is a professor in the Department of Linguistics at California State University--Fresno, California, USA
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 31, 2020)
Subject English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
Second language acquisition.
Reading comprehension.
EDUCATION -- General.
EDUCATION -- Bilingual Education.
English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers
Reading comprehension
Second language acquisition
Form Electronic book
Author Fulop, Sean A., author
ISBN 9780429397783
042939778X
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