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Learning to Read across Languages and Writing Systems
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Classification of Written Languages
- 1 Introduction: Operating Principles in Learning to Read
- 2 Learning to Read Chinese
- 3 Learning to Read Japanese
- 4 Learning to Read Korean
- 5 Learning to Read Kannada and Other Languages of South Asia
- 6 Learning to Read Arabic
- 7 Learning to Read Hebrew
- 8 Learning to Read Greek
- 9 Learning to Read Italian
- 10 Learning to Read French
- 11 Learning to Read Spanish
- 12 Learning to Read German
- 13 Learning to Read Dutch
- 14 Learning to Read English
- 15 Learning to Read Czech and Slovak
- 16 Learning to Read Russian
- 17 Learning to Read Finnish
- 18 Learning to Read Turkish
- 19 Epilogue: Universals and Particulars in Learning to Read across Seventeen Orthographies
- Appendix
- Index