Cross-linguistic transfer in reading in multilingual contexts – recent research trends

Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 17:1 (2014)

Editors

Elena Zaretsky | University of Massachusetts

Mila Schwartz | Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel

[Written Language & Literacy, 17:1] 2014. ix, 171 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/wll.17.1

Table of Contents

Articles
Foreword: Cross-linguistic transfer in reading in multilingual contexts – recent research trends Elena Zaretsky and Mila Schwartz	vii–x
Introduction: The cross-language transfer journey – a guide to the perplexed Esther Geva	1–15
The development of orthographic processing skills in children in early French immersion programs Eva Commissaire, Adrian Pasquarella, Xi Chen and Hélène Deacon	16–39
How do previously acquired languages affect acquisition of English as a foreign language: The case of Circassian Janina Kahn-Horwitz, Sara Kuash, Raphiq Ibrahim and Mila Schwartz	40–61
Bidirectional cross-linguistic relations of first and second language skills in reading comprehension of Spanish-speaking English learners Alexandra Gottardo, Christine Javier, Fataneh Farnia, Lorinda Mak and Esther Geva	62–88
Concurrent and longitudinal cross-linguistic transfer of phonological awareness and morphological awareness in Chinese-English bilingual children Yang Cathy Luo, Xi Chen and Esther Geva	89–115
The effects of bilingual education on the English language and literacy outcomes of Chinese-speaking children Kathleen Hipfner-Boucher, Katie Lam and Xi Chen	116–138
The role of L1 and L2 reading on L1 preservation and positive cross-linguistic transfer among sequential bilinguals Elena Zaretsky	139–164
Book reviews
Review of Sproat (2010): Language, technology, and society Reviewed by Terry Joyce	165–167
Review of Lillis (2013): The sociolinguistics of writing Reviewed by Iris Forster	168–170
Obituary
In memoriam Robert Schreuder Martin Neef and Anneke Neijt	171–172

Subjects

Linguistics

Discourse studies

Language teaching

Writing and literacy

Main BIC Subject

CFC: Literacy

Main BISAC Subject

LAN010000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy