Intro; Contents; 1. Acquisition of Written Dutch: An Introduction; 2. Early Reading Acquisition; 3. Metalinguistic Awareness and Learning to Read; 4. Development of Orthographic Knowledge; 5. Learning to Spell; 6. Development of Semantic Encoding; 7. Individual Differences in Reading Comprehension; 8. Language Variation and Learning to Read; 9. Remediation of Reading Problems; 10. Reading to Learn; References; Author Index; Subject Index; Addresses of contributors
Summary
Language acquisition is a human endeavor par excellence. As children, all human beings learn to understand and speak at least one language: their mother tongue. It is a process that seems to take place without any obvious effort. Second language learning, particularly among adults, causes more difficulty. The purpose of this series is to compile a collection of high-quality monographs on language acquisition. The series serves the needs of everyone who wants to know more about the problem of language acquisition in general and/or about language acquisition in specific contexts