Interactive approaches to second language reading

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This text presents up-to-date theory, research, and classroom applications in second language reading from an interactive perspective. The paperback edition presents up-to-date theory, research, and classroom applications in second language reading from an interactive perspective. The book supports the view that reading in a second language involves more than decoding; instead, reading is seen as an interactive process whereby the learner's own background and knowledge contribute to understanding reading material. These articles are written by experts in the reading field, who present process models and discuss classroom applications. The book examines traditional approaches that focus on text and decoding skills, as well as more contemporary theories that consider the reader's base knowledge.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Series editors' preface
• Preface
• Introduction: interactive approaches to second language reading
• Part I Interactive Models of Reading
• 1 The reading process
• 2 Models of the reading process
• 3 A schema-theoretic view of basic processes in reading comprehension
• 4 Reassessing the term 'interactive'
• Part II Interactive Approaches to Second Language Reading - Theory
• 5 Schema theory and ESL reading pedagogy
• 6 Holding in the bottom: an interactive approach to the language problems of second language readers
• 7 Some causes of text-boundedness and schema interference in ESL reading
• 8 The short circuit hypothesis of ESL reading - or when language competence interferes with reading performance
• Part III Interactive Approaches to Second Language Reading - Empirical Studies
• 9 A case study of two readers: models of reading and reading performance
• 10 Changes in cohesion in the recall of native and foreign texts
• 11 Reading English for specialized purposes: discourse analysis and the use of student informants
• 12 This test is unfair: I'm not an economist
• 13 The effects of induced schemata on the 'short circuit' in L2 reading: non-decoding factors in L2 reading performance
• 14 The Miscue-ESL project
• Part IV Implications and Applications of Interactive Approaches to Second Language Reading - Pedagogy
• 115 Interactive models for second language reading: perspectives on instruction
• 16 Interactive text processing: implications for ESL/second language reading classrooms Patricia
• 17 The relationship between general language competence and second language reading proficiency: implications for teaching
• Index