Bilingual Performance in Reading and Writing

by Cumming, Alister H.

• ISBN13: 9781556197147
• ISBN10: 1556197144
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-04-01
• Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Awareness of Text Structure: Effects on Recall	p. 23
Second-Language Readers' Memory for Narrative Texts: Evidence for Structure-Preserving Top-Down Processing	p. 43
The Relationship Between First- and Second-Language Reading Comprehension of Occupation-Specific Texts	p. 73
Phonological Recoding in the First- and Second-Language Reading of Skilled Bilinguals	p. 103
Language Proficiency, Writing Ability, and Composing Strategies: A Study of ESL College Student Writers	p. 139
Writing Expertise and Second-Language Proficiency	p. 173
Effects of First Language on Second-Language Writing: Translation versus Direct Composition	p. 223
Evidence of Transfer and Loss in Developing Second-Language Writers	p. 257
Orality/Literacy and Group Differences in Second-Language Acquisition	p. 283
Effects on ESL Reading of Teaching Cultural Content Schemata	p. 309
Acquiring Literacy in a Second Language: The Effect of Book-Based Programs	p. 331
Index	p. 367
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