Second Language Writing Systems /

Second Language Writing Systems / / ed. by Vivian Cook, Benedetta Bassetti.

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Second Language Writing Systems looks at how people learn and use a second language writing system, arguing that they are affected by characteristics of the first and second writing systems, to a certain extent independently of the languages involved. This book presents for the first time the effect...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Akamatsu, Nobuhiko,
Bassetti, Benedetta,
Berkel, Ans Van,
Chikamatsu, Nobuko,
Cook, Vivian,
Dufresne, Therese,
Heuven, Walter J.B. Van,
Hickey, Tina,
Koda, Keiko,
Lau, Lily H.-S.,
Liow, Susan J. Rickard,
Masny, Diana,
Mei, Gloria Shu-,
Okada, Takeshi,
Randall, Mick,
Sasaki, Miho,
Schmid, Stephan,
Scholfield, Phil,
Somers, Harold,
HerausgeberIn:
Bassetti, Benedetta,
Cook, Vivian,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2005]
©2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
Series:Second Language Acquisition
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Physical Description:1 online resource (464 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contributors
  • Chapter 1: An Introduction to Researching Second Language Writing Systems
  • Part 1: Writing a Second Language Writing System
  • Chapter 2: L2 Japanese Kanji Memory and Retrieval: An Experiment on the Tip-of-the-pen (TOP) Phenomenon
  • Chapter 3: The Role of the Phonological Strategy in Learning to Spell in English as a Second Language
  • Chapter 4: Orthographic Knowledge and First Language Reading: Evidence from Single Word Dictation from Chinese and Malaysian Users of English as a Foreign Language
  • Chapter 5: Learner Corpora and Handwriting
  • Chapter 6: A Corpus-based Study of Spelling Errors of Japanese EFLWriters with Reference to Errors Occurring in Word-initial and Word-final Positions
  • Chapter 7: Spelling and Pronunciation in Migrant Children: The Case of Italian-Swiss German Bilinguals
  • Part 2: Reading a Second Language Writing System
  • Chapter 8: Are the L1 and L2 Word Reading Processes Affected More by Writing System or Instruction?
  • Chapter 9: Effects of Second Language Reading Proficiency and First Language Orthography on Second Language Word Recognition
  • Chapter 10: Bilingual Interactive Activation Models of Word Recognition in a Second Language
  • Chapter 11: The Effect of L1 Reading Processes on L2: A Crosslinguistic Comparison of Italian and Japanese Users of English
  • Part 3: Awareness of Language and Second Language Writing Systems
  • Chapter 12: Learning to Read Across Writing Systems: Transfer, Metalinguistic Awareness, and Second-language Reading Development
  • Chapter 13: Effects of Writing Systems on Second Language Awareness: Word Awareness in English Learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language
  • Chapter 14: Phonological Awareness and Spelling Skill Development in Bilingual Biscriptal Children
  • Part 4: Teaching a Second Language Writing System
  • Chapter 15: Different and Differing Views on Conceptualising Writing System Research and Education
  • Chapter 16: Second Language Writing Systems: Minority Languages and Reluctant Readers
  • Chapter 17: Written Language and Foreign Language Teaching
  • Index

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