{"product_id":"understanding-advanced-second-language-reading-9780415879095","title":"Understanding Advanced Second-Language Reading","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Elizabeth Bernhardt\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: English as a Second Language\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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":"Hardcover","offer_id":45235564675223,"sku":"9780415879095","price":15904.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415879095.webp?v=1769210145","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/understanding-advanced-second-language-reading-9780415879095","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}