{"product_id":"understanding-advanced-second-language-reading-hardback","title":"Understanding Advanced Second-Language Reading - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat distinguishes this book is its broad, yet thorough, view of theory, process, and research on adult second-language reading. Offering extensive discussions of upper-register second-language texts (both expository and narrative) that adult second-language readers encounter daily across the globe, it also presents an assessment schema for second-language text comprehension as well as for the assessment of teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eUnderstanding Advanced Second-Language Reading\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eincludes languages other than English in the discussion of second language reading\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eis firmly anchored in a theory of second language reading ─ the concept of compensatory processing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eemphasizes the multi-dimensionality and dynamic nature of L2 reading development\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003efocuses on comprehension of upper-register literary texts \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ebalances theory and instructional practices.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilling the need for a coherent, theoretically consistent, and research-based portrait of how literate adolescents and adults comprehend, and learn to comprehend, at greater levels of sophistication and whether that ability can be enhanced by instruction, this is a must-have resource for reading and second-language researchers, students, and teachers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45599825756398,"sku":"9780415879095","price":252.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780415879095.jpg?v=1721459314","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/understanding-advanced-second-language-reading-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}