TY  - BOOK
ED  - Verhoeven, Ludo
ED  - Perfetti, Charles
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2017//
TI  - Learning to read across languages and writing systems
PB  - Cambridge University Press
CY  - Cambridge
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Foreign speakers
KW  - Reading
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Written communication
KW  - Reading comprehension
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Linguistic universals
KW  - Comprehension
KW  - Language and languages ; Study and teaching ; Foreign speakers
KW  - Reading ; Social aspects
KW  - Written communication ; Social aspects
KW  - Reading comprehension ; Study and teaching ; Cross-cultural studies
AB  - Around the world, children embark on learning to read in their home language or writing system. But does their specific language, and how it is written, make a difference to how they learn? How is learning to read English similar to or different from learning in other languages? Is reading alphabetic writing a different challenge from reading syllabic or logographic writing? Learning to Read across Languages and Writing Systems examines these questions across seventeen languages representing the world's different major writing systems. Each chapter highlights the key features of a specific language, exploring research on learning to read, spell, and comprehend it, and on implications for education. The editors' introduction describes the global spread of reading and provides a theoretical framework, including operating principles for learning to read. The editors' final chapter draws conclusions about cross-linguistic universal trends, and the challenges posed by specific languages and writing systems.
SN  - 9781316155752
UR  - https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz488675219inh.htm
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316155752
DO  - 10.1017/9781316155752
LA  - English
N1  - edited by Ludo Verhoeven ( Radboud University Nijmegen and University of Curaçao), Charles Perfetti, (University of Pittsburgh)
ID  - 1008675199
ER  -