Second language writing systems /

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Imprint:Clevedon ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, c2005.
Description:xi, 448 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Second language acquisition 11
Second language acquisition (Clevedon, England) 11.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5713477
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Other authors / contributors:Cook, Vivian, 1940-
Bassetti, Benedetta
ISBN:1853597945 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1853597937 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1853597953
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. An Introduction to Researching Second Language Writing Systems
  • 2. L2 Japanese Kanji Memory and Retrieval: An Experiment on the Tip-of-the-pen (TOP) Phenomenon
  • 3. The Role of the Phonological Strategy in Learning to Spell in English as a Second Language
  • 4. Orthographic Knowledge and First Language Reading: Evidence from Single Word Dictation from Chinese and Malaysian Users of English as a Foreign Language
  • 5. Learner Corpora and Handwriting
  • 6. A Corpus-based Study of Spelling Errors of Japanese EFL Writers with Reference to Errors Occurring in Word-initial and Word-final Positions
  • 7. Spelling and Pronunciation in Migrant Children: The Case of Italian-Swiss German Bilinguals
  • 8. Are the L1 and L2 Word Reading Processes Affected More by Writing System or Instruction?
  • 9. Effects of Second Language Reading Proficiency and First Language Orthography on Second Language Word Recognition
  • 10. Bilingual Interactive Activation Models of Word Recognition in a Second Language
  • 11. The Effect of L1 Reading Processes on L2: A Crosslinguistic Comparison of Italian and Japanese Users of English
  • 12. Learning to Read Across Writing Systems: Transfer, Metalinguistic Awareness, and Second-language Reading Development
  • 13. Effects of Writing Systems on Second Language Awareness: Word Awareness in English Learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language
  • 14. Phonological Awareness and Spelling Skill Development in Bilingual Biscriptal Children
  • 15. Different and Differing Views on Conceptualising Writing System Research and Education
  • 16. Second Language Writing Systems: Minority Languages and Reluctant Readers
  • 17. Written Language and Foreign Language Teaching